Early Victorian Medusa Cameo Brooch wedding band The crest comprises a shield

The crest comprises a shield with three ravens and a chevron

Marks rubbed - tests as 9k gold

and ruby paste eyes

Rise off finger: 9

Early Victorian Medusa Cameo Brooch wedding band The crest comprises a shieldDATE: Victorian, c. 1840 A superb early Victorian shell cameo brooch depicting Medusa the Gorgon. The detailing is exceptional, with Medusa facing left and depicted in the Classical style with winged head and snakes tied beneath her chin. She's rendered in high relief and mounted in 9 karat gold. Medusa is the best known of the three monstrous Gorgon sisters. Their earliest reference is found in Hesiod's Theogony, but it was Ovid who really fleshed