Georgian Medusa Cameo Signet Ring opal The clasp is modelled as

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

They're crafted in 9 karat gold

Modelled in solid 15k gold with diamond-set eyes

instead of the usual one or two

The mount is beautifully detailed

Georgian Medusa Cameo Signet Ring opal The clasp is modelled asDATE: 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