EDWARDIAN 1910 EGYPTIAN REVIVAL 14 KT RING WITH A 660 BC SCARAB
A RARE EDWARDIAN RING FROM THE GRAND TOUR PERIOD.
AN UNISEX EGYPTIAN REVIVAL PIECE CREATED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AROUND THE 1910'S. IS TOTALLY HAND CRAFTED IN 14 KARATS YELLOW GOLD AND EMBELLISHED AT TOP WITH A GENUINE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SCARAB BEETLE AMULET / SEAL.
THE SCARAB IS A GENUINE PIECE FROM THE LATE EGYPTIAN PERIOD, FROM THE 26TH TO THE 30TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 664-332 B.C. MADE OF TERRACOTTA FAIENCE WITH REMAINS OF THE BLUE GREEN PIGMENTS. IN PRISTINE AND BEAUTIFUL CONDITION WITH ALL THE EGYPTIANS HIEROGLYPHICS IMPRESSIONS VERY SHARP AND FULLY LEGIBLE.
THE SCARAB BEETLE AMULET WAS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE ANCIENT EGYPT AND THEY WERE WIDELY PRODUCED FOR USE AS IMPRESSION SEALS, JEWELRY AND EVEN FOR THE DEAD AS PROTECTION ON THEIR JOURNEY INTO THE AFTERLIFE. IT WAS USED AND WORN BY ALL SOCIAL CLASSES AND IT HELD A SYMBOLIC AND SACRED MEANING TO THEM, MUCH LIKE THE CROSS FOR THE CHRISTIANS.
THE WEIGHT OF THIS PIECE IS 8.2 Grams AND THE ACTUAL SIZE IS 5.25, SIZE ABLE.
UN MARKED, TESTED FOR 14 KT GOLD, .585/.999
THE TOP VIEW MEASURES ARE 20 mm BY 23 mm.
INVENTORY REF: R0000XAAE/.1537
