Victorian Diamond & Red Enamel Butterfly Brooch watches This rare antique signet ring

This rare antique signet ring is

edged with gold

5cm - Width: 2

inspired by jewellery discovered in excavations of ancient tombs in Pompeii and Herculaneum

with applied Japanesque detailing

Victorian Diamond & Red Enamel Butterfly Brooch watches This rare antique signet ringDATE: Victorian, c. 1880 A superb antique round brooch, the face finished in vivid red guilloch enamel and set with a diamond butterfly around all this is a white enamel border, dotted with gold. It's modelled in 15k gold throughout, and dates to the late 19th Century. A beautiful, high quality piece. In Victorian symbolic tradition, the butterfly were used as an emblem of the soul. Aside from the obvious visual appeal, the metamorphosis of a