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Book Your AppointmentAn unusual 9ct37.5% pure gold (or 375 parts pure gold and 625 parts other metals) gold GeorgianJewellery made in the Georgian era (1714-1830). ring with an inscription on the inside “John Dunn ob (died) March 5.18.14 Ae 55”. It has been set with black Vauxhall glassThrough the eighteenth century and on into the middle of the nineteenth, Vauxhall glass was a popular gem substitute. Intense hues of highly reflective purple, orange, red, green and blue were set into butterfly, snowflake and flower motifs on necklaces, bracelets, earrings, brooches and hair combs. Made in the Vauxhall Glassworks in London, this jewellery w... on the top and around the shankThe circle of metal that attaches to the decorative part of a ring and encircles the finger.. Vauxhall glassworks was a plate glass factory situated on what is now the Albert Embankment in the Vauxhall area of Lambeth, London. Many items of jewellery were made there and often sold in the famous Vauxhall Gardens that were nearby. This particular ring is a mourningRings made especially to mark the death of a loved one. Often called 'memento mori' rings. Rare examples survive intact and are highly collectable. ring and would have been specially engraved with the details of the deceased. There is hair inside the glazed section.
This ring is size P 1/2 and cannot be resized.
Unmarked, tested to 9ct gold
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