Antique Austro-Hungarian Silver Chalcedony Figural Ring c.1910 turtles But looking deeper

But looking deeper

the gentle sway of the twin drops

exuding timeless charm in its horseshoe shape

5 mm in width

” Hallmarked with the lion passant and date letter “b” for 1901

Antique Austro-Hungarian Silver Chalcedony Figural Ring c.1910 turtles But looking deeperThere is something wonderfully mysterious about this ring, as though it once belonged to a woman who boarded trains alone beneath clouds of steam and carried letters tied with ribbon in the bottom of a leather valise. The pale blue grey chalcedony glows like moonlight through fog on the Danube, cool and soft and dreamlike against the richly sculpted silver mounting. Around the stone, the silver seems almost alive, flowing and organic, shaped into