Victorian Dinosaurs Silver Cuff Bangle wedding ring Unknown maker's mark

Unknown maker's mark

Modelled in 9 karat gold and dating from the 1880s

Pieces like this would have been made by recuperating soldiers as they took time away from the front lines

2cm (not including jump ring)

Victorian Dinosaurs Silver Cuff Bangle wedding ring Unknown maker's markDATE: Victorian, c. 1870 The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs were commissioned in 1852 under the direction of celebrated palaeontologist Sir Richard Owen, and were the first dinosaur sculptures in the world. Obviously they caused something of a sensation in Victorian society (people had only seen drawings of these giant lizardoids) and inspired works by Charles Dickens, HG Wells, and George Baxter amongst others. By today's scientific reasoning they're quite