Victorian Egyptian Revival Faience Scarab Spinner Ring garnet Natural opals & rose cut

Natural opals & rose cut diamonds

It's modelled in 22k yellow gold

Height of letters: 9

the letters cleverly intertwined into a monogram-style cluster

Victorian Egyptian Revival Faience Scarab Spinner Ring garnet Natural opals & rose cutDATE: Victorian, c. 1870 A cool antique Egyptian Revival scarab spinner ring dating from the 1870s. The scarab is a vivid blue colour, and formed from faience. It's set in 15k gold, with rope work detail to the shoulders. The term faience broadly encompassed finely glazed ceramic beads, figures and other small objects found in Egypt as early as 4000 BC. In this instance it is composed mainly of silica (sand or crushed quartz), along with small amounts