Georgian Medusa Cameo Signet Ring opal Modelled in solid 15k gold

Modelled in solid 15k gold with diamond-set eyes

and the reverse is engraved with the initials NL

where opposing ends of the snake were interpreted as the earthly and divine in man

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

represent the two halves of a day

Georgian Medusa Cameo Signet Ring opal Modelled in solid 15k goldDATE: 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