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Directory: Antiques: Decorative Art: Jewelry: English: Pre 1900: Item # 1471171

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Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
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P.O. Box 4684
Baltimore, Maryland 21212
tel. 410-435-3738

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Double portrait cameo ring in sardonyx, a variety of onyx and from the chalcedony family of stones, with the profiles of Venus and Mars overlaid in a pleasing contrast and further set on a carved rectangular stone in a 9K cigar band. Mars is shown in black at the foreground with his warrior attributes (helmet and armour) while Venus is portrayed in the background in white. We love the way each is carved from the same piece of stone then further mounted on another piece of stone. Our double portrait cameo ring is a late Victorian copy of the Neoclassical double portrait cameo jewelry that was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries. This ring is sturdy and safe to wear everyday. .75 inch tall and 1/2 inch wide ( 2 cm tall and 1.5 cm wide), US Size 7.5 and size-able.