Vintage 9ct Yellow Gold Garnet Double Head Snake Ring - Circa 1950’s
Crafted from bright and buttery 9ct yellow gold and designed as a ‘Toi et Moi’ or ‘You and Me’ Serpent ring popularised when Prince Albert proposed to Queen Victoria with a Snake ring set with an Emerald.
The public, at this time, and in the subsequent decades to follow, continued to favour Serpent jewellery and it remained popular into the late 19th century and beyond.
Symbolic of everlasting commitment and love, the enduring nature of Serpent rings persists today.
Featuring two sinuous intertwined Serpents, both with charming expressions and tiny faceted Garnet eyes, coiled tails and stylised realistic engraving to the heads, to a ’split’ band and a sensible solid section to the verso which would enable this ring to be resized if required.
Low rise on the finger and designed to be very comfortable to wear ( we can guarantee this! ), this desirable and timeless ring turns heads whenever it is worn.
STONES
Tiny round faceted Garnets
MEASUREMENTS
East to west - 2.0cm
North to south (width) - 1.1cm
Rise - 4.1mm
WEIGHT
5.75 Grams
MARKS
9ct
SIZE
P 1/2 or 18.1mm diameter US 8
Could be sized up 2, down 2-3 with any competent jeweller.
CONDITION
Very very good vintage condition. Tiny Garnet eyes are original with no chips and are well set a secure. No repairs, very faint evidence of a previous resize, insignificant. Minor marks to gold only. Engraving to Snakes heads clear and crisp with no fading.
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Caring For Antique & Vintage Jewellery
We absolutely pride ourselves on sourcing the best quality pieces for our customers, with many of our items valued by our registered jeweller/gemologist.
Our collection consists of pieces that are of antique and vintage condition, which means that all our items are secondhand and used. Customers are not purchasing 'new', 'perfect' and 'unworn items', and as such, should expect wear and imperfection. Any condition issues are always extensively mentioned in the condition summary.
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