Vintage "Stag & Grape-Vine" Heraldic Signet Ring Size:5.5 8cts of old cut Diamonds

8cts of old cut Diamonds

8 carat cluster of old cut diamonds

beautifully modelled in 15k yellow gold with rubies for eyes

Russian Makers Mark to bail

One or two stones may have been replaced

Vintage "Stag & Grape-Vine" Heraldic Signet Ring Size:5.5 8cts of old cut DiamondsDATE: Vintage, 1980s An especially nice 18k gold Signet Ring, bearing a rather unusual heraldic crest. The intaglio carving depicts (according to Fairbairn's Book of Crests): "a stag statant ppr., beside a vine tree of the first", or in other words A Stag standing with all four hooves on the ground, in front of a vine with grape bunches. This crest was adopted by the Bradshaw and Kneller families of England. It's very cool, and even better that it's