1930s Steel Zodiac Ring military or kept as precious reminders

or kept as precious reminders of the dead

The principal stone displays exceptional colour

champagne bottle

larger in the head and graduating down around the band in silver cut-down settings

pair of Victorian earrings modelled as gold bells

1930s Steel Zodiac Ring military or kept as precious remindersDATE: Art Deco, c. 1930 An early example of stainless steel jewellery, this remarkable ring dates from the 1930s and features each of the 12 signs of the Zodiac. It's easily adjustable on account of the open ends, and was likely pressed from a single flat strip before being hand finished into it's current ring form. Stainless steel was invented in Sheffield in 1913 by Harry Brearley. Metallurgists had been experimenting with iron chromium alloys for