Mid-Victorian Medusa Cameo Signet Ring Size:9 The front is hinged at

The front is hinged at the top

Sweet antique ring comprising two silver bands

Laurel is Birmingham 1871

allowing the wearer to chose which side is on display

The petals have a gorgeous brushed matte finish

Mid-Victorian Medusa Cameo Signet Ring Size:9 The front is hinged atDATE: Cameo is Victorian, c. 1850. Ring mount contemporary Stunning hardstone cameo ring depicting Medusa in high relief. Medusa is certainly the best known of the three monstrous Gorgon sisters. Our earliest reference to the Gorgons is found in Hesiod's Theogony, but it was Ovid who really fleshed out the story in the Metamorphoses, where he describes Medusa in her youth: Medusa once had charms; to gain her loveA rival crowd of envious lovers strove.