Art Deco Athena Cameo Signet Ring pencil to become the leading creator

to become the leading creator of butterfly jewellery throughout the 1920s and '30s

It's mounted in sterling silver

it's well made and good looking

just prior to mass-production at a time when hand-made jewellery had reached a pinnacle of delicacy and refinement

Art Deco Athena Cameo Signet Ring pencil to become the leading creatorDATE: Art Deco, c. 1930 Excellent Art Deco period signet ring featuring a pressed glass cameo of Athena, goddess of wisdom and war. She's depicted wearing a Corinthian helmet, in profile facing right, with long hair flowing out behind her. Athena was, of course, the adored patroness of the city of Athens a virgin deity, born from the split skull of her father, Zeus, she was also, paradoxically, associated with peace and handicrafts. Modern scholars