Victorian Egyptian Revival Faience Scarab Spinner Ring tourmaline 4cm (not including jump ring)

4cm (not including jump ring)

8cm - To fit wrist: 6

with fancy bifurcated shoulders and an intricately worked gold band

with a superb level or detail/realism

Agate Hardstone

Victorian Egyptian Revival Faience Scarab Spinner Ring tourmaline 4cm (not including jump ring)DATE: Victorian, c. 1870 A cool antique Egyptian Revival scarab spinner ring dating from the 1870s. The scarab is a vivid blue colour, and formed from faience. It's set in 15k gold, with rope work detail to the shoulders. The term faience broadly encompassed finely glazed ceramic beads, figures and other small objects found in Egypt as early as 4000 BC. In this instance it is composed mainly of silica (sand or crushed quartz), along with small amounts