Antique 10K & Carved Shell Cameo Ring doublet with two smaller garnets and

with two smaller garnets and four seed pearls as accent stones

and continues to be popular today

and for anyone feeling the pull of Egyptomania

she is a ring whose luminance will have all creatures reveling in her radiance

Dimensions:  Ring top is 25mm x 22mm

Antique 10K & Carved Shell Cameo Ring doublet with two smaller garnets andA cameo is a form of glyptography, or bas relief carving, most often cut into glass, hard stones, and shells. Artworks were crafted to create two layers on one piece of material, the top of which protruded from its background, creating a multi dimensional artwork. These detailed reliefs were often used to adorn pieces of jewelry, including brooches, necklaces, bracelets and rings. The earliest cameos took inspiration from prehistoric petroglyphs,