Victorian Venus & Mars Onyx Cameo Signet Ring Size:11 Tests as sterling silver

Tests as sterling silver

a few of stones are cracked and/or display some natural discolouration

dressed in fawn skins and carrying thyrsi - a long stick wrapped in ivy vines and leaves

within a border of yellow gold ivy leaves

Head: 16 x 13mm

Victorian Venus & Mars Onyx Cameo Signet Ring Size:11 Tests as sterling silverDATE: Victorian, c. 1890 Love & War. A substantial antique signet ring set with an onyx cameo depicting Venus and Mars, both in profile facing to the right, the former rendered in white with Mars in black. The union between Mars and Venus was of particular importance to the Romans, who viewed them as a complementary pair (whilst conveniently ignoring the adulterous implications of their relationship). The uniting of deities representing Love and War