Victorian Egyptian Revival Faience Scarab Spinner Ring tourmaline and much more delicate than

and much more delicate than many of the later examples of the style

8cm - To fit wrist: 6

and really quite unusual

with a superb level or detail/realism

with fancy bifurcated shoulders and an intricately worked gold band

Victorian Egyptian Revival Faience Scarab Spinner Ring tourmaline and much more delicate thanDATE: Victorian, c. 1870 A cool antique Egyptian Revival scarab spinner ring dating from the 1870s. The scarab is a vivid blue colour, and formed from faience. It's set in 15k gold, with rope work detail to the shoulders. The term faience broadly encompassed finely glazed ceramic beads, figures and other small objects found in Egypt as early as 4000 BC. In this instance it is composed mainly of silica (sand or crushed quartz), along with small amounts