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

8cts of old cut Diamonds

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modelled in 15k gold with the mouse worked in silver

beautifully modelled in 15k yellow gold with rubies for eyes

Russian Makers Mark to bail

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