Victorian Era Seed Pearl Portrait Ring

Name: Victorian Era Seed Pearl Portrait Ring | SZ 8.5 |
Brand: 100 Ways Pre-Loved
SKU: 907-031
Price: 2975.00 CAD
Availability: OutOfStock

SZ 8.5

100 Ways Fair Pricing $2,975 CAD

Estimated Retail Price $9,000 CAD

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This antique portrait ring is a charming, curious object, likely made at a time when portrait photography was beginning to overtake painting in popularity and novelty. This piece is made in 18K yellow gold, and features an oval-shaped bezel with a delightful seed pearl surround. The photograph, under glass, hearkens to a time when photography was bursting onto the scene in late Victorian-era England. The elegant engraved inscription on the back of the ring reads "George to Clare 5/4/97", making it very likely to have been a love token, and placing it perfectly at the end of the Victorian era.

The hallmarking on the inside of the band indicates that this ring was assayed in Birmingham, UK, in the year 1872. Due to the very faint evidence of re-shanking, it is likely that the ring went through a rebuilding process even earlier than the piece was engraved.