Georgian "Thessalonike of Macedon" Cameo Ring Size:5.75 Modelled in 18k gold

Modelled in 18k gold

home to a Roman era intaglio panel carved with the head Emperor Caesar Augustus

Maximum width: 9

This exceptional antique snake-link chain dates to the beginning of the 19th Century

The outer case is engraved with the words “Love is blind

Georgian "Thessalonike of Macedon" Cameo Ring Size:5.75 Modelled in 18k goldDATE: 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,