Georgian Medusa Cameo Signet Ring opal crafted in silver with F

crafted in silver with F maker's mark and charmingly rustic serif font

represent the two halves of a day

The clasp is modelled as a hand clutching a knotted serpent and wearing a ruby ring on one finger

instead of the usual one or two

Georgian Medusa Cameo Signet Ring opal crafted in silver with FDATE: Cameo Georgian, c. 1820 Medusa is the best known of the three monstrous Gorgon sisters. Our earliest reference to the Gorgons is found in Hesiod's Theogony, but it was Ovid who really fleshed out the story in the Metamorphoses, where he describes Medusa in her youth: Medusa once had charms; to gain her love A rival crowd of envious lovers strove. They, who have seen her, own, they ne'er did trace More moving features in a sweeter face. Yet above