Georgian Medusa Cameo Signet Ring opal instead of the usual one

instead of the usual one or two

A cool Victorian round locket with the diamond-studded family name Beaubach featured on the front

where opposing ends of the snake were interpreted as the earthly and divine in man

The clasp is modelled as a hand clutching a knotted serpent and wearing a ruby ring on one finger

They're crafted in 9 karat gold

Georgian Medusa Cameo Signet Ring opal instead of the usual oneDATE: Cameo Georgian, c. 1820 Medusa is 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 love A rival crowd of envious lovers strove. They, who have seen her, own, they ne'er did trace More moving features in a sweeter face. Yet above