Charming Antique Coiled Snake Ring gdc with evidence of past resizing

with evidence of past resizing

and friends alike

6mm thick
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we believe that this piece was made from a casting of an original antique

Charming Antique Coiled Snake Ring gdc with evidence of past resizingThe snake is one of the oldest motifs in jewelry history from the ancient Egytian ouroboros to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's 1839 engagement, the snake was used to represent life and death, rebirth, passion, protection, and power. Victoria and Albert's choice of an emerald set snake as an engagement ring set off a widespread surge in popularity that lasted through her reign, leaving us with a trove of golden ophidia hailing from the second half