Victorian Four Amethyst Necklace fabergé made from steel

made from steel

with a laurel wreath

An elegant antique intaglio signet / pinky ring dating from the latter half of the 19th Century

and particularly the brevity of individual human existence

The emerald is Antique but has been set by our jeweller

Victorian Four Amethyst Necklace fabergé made from steelDATE: Victorian, c. 1890 In ancient Greek society, amethysts were considered an antidote against drunkenness the name "amethystos" literally translates as "not intoxicated", or not drunken. This property first appears in the poetry of Asclepiades of Samos: "Drunkenness am I a gem worked by a subtle hand. I am graven in amethyst, and the subject and the stone are ill assorted. But I am the precious property of Kleopatra, and on the finger of a Queen