YEARS 1840 SEVEN-CAMEO RING The ring features seven cameos on multi-colored lava stone and one on coral. Metal mounting. Italian work. Gross weight: 4.62 g (wear). Finger size: 56. SOUVENIR FROM NINETEENTH-CENTURY ITALY It's easy to imagine European tourists in the Bay of Naples, traveling back and forth from Paestum to Herculaneum at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, acquiring modest jewelry such as this ring carved from the volcano's multicolored lava. Because of their fragility, few of these rings have survived to the present day. A seven cameo on lava stones and metal ring, circa 1840. Italian assay mark. Gross weight : 4,62 gr. (traces of wear) Size : 56.

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