Georgian "Thessalonike of Macedon" Cameo Ring Size:10.5 A cool Georgian cameo ring

A cool Georgian cameo ring dating from the turn of the 19th Century

A beautiful antique seal fob dating from the Georgian Regency period

1cm (including bail)

modelled in 9 karat gold and featuring the split shoulders and grooved shank typical of the period

Envelope: 2

Georgian "Thessalonike of Macedon" Cameo Ring Size:10.5 A cool Georgian cameo ringDATE: Cameo: Georgian, c. 1820 A stunning Georgian sardonyx cameo ring dating from the early 19th Century. We believe the figure depicted is Thessalonike of Macedon, daughter of King Philip II and half sister of Alexander the Great. She wears a crested helmet with a mermaid on the side a reference to the Greek myth in which Thessalonike, distraught at the death of Alexander, dives into the sea in an attempt to end her own life. Instead of drowning,