Victorian Diamond Star Band

Victorian Diamond Star BandSimple diamond band dating from the late Victorian period. The stone, a bright old mine cut with a square cushion profile, rests flush with the band in an engraved eight pointed star setting, and a cute inscription inside the band reads Alice to Fred July 1895. English hallmarks from the Birmingham assay office warrant the gold at 18 carat, and confirm it was made in the year 1890. A nice example of the lesser seen Victorian minimalism. Era:

with fluted trifurcated shoulders

Materials: White paste gemstones (glass) and 900 grade silver

"love conquers all" or some kind of love-breaking-the-wheel/chains metaphor going on

sterling silver and glass-fronted

There's more than one cycle in play in the Chinese Zodiac: the 12 animals rotate each lunar new year

Simple diamond band dating from the late Victorian period

Mechanism works perfectly

the band swells out towards the head

although wasn't himself present to witness them

The bull's mouth shell has been carved with the subjects in white over an orangish-brown background

both in design and execution

and dates from the latter half of the 19th century