Victorian Nine Symbolic Panels Ring lighter 01ct Heart Diamond

01ct Heart Diamond

Made in Japan in the 1860s

directly influenced by the departure of the first envoy to Japan in 1868 through to 1918 when their rule ended

It's modelled in high karat yellow gold

Victorian Nine Symbolic Panels Ring lighter 01ct Heart DiamondDATE: Victorian, c. 1900 An interesting antique panel ring featuring nine framed symbols. Various animals (birds, quadrupeds), people engaged in mysterious tasks, and more abstract iconography reminiscent of scales or temples adorn each of the square faces at first I thought they were zodiac but that doesn't add up possibly Egyptian Hieroglyphs? What I can tell you is that it bears English hallmarks for 18k gold, and dates from the turn of the 20th