Antique 10K & Carved Shell Cameo Ring doublet with two smaller garnets and

with two smaller garnets and four seed pearls as accent stones

A dramatic and intriguing piece you'll love to show off with alluring style

and continues to be popular today

Travelers on the Grand Tour of Europe found the newly excavated ruins of Pompeii to be an irresistible stop

and for anyone feeling the pull of Egyptomania

Antique 10K & Carved Shell Cameo Ring doublet with two smaller garnets andA cameo is a form of glyptography, or bas relief carving, most often cut into glass, hard stones, and shells. Artworks were crafted to create two layers on one piece of material, the top of which protruded from its background, creating a multi dimensional artwork. These detailed reliefs were often used to adorn pieces of jewelry, including brooches, necklaces, bracelets and rings. The earliest cameos took inspiration from prehistoric petroglyphs,