Victorian Nine Symbolic Panels Ring brooches It's crafted in platinum throughout

It's crafted in platinum throughout

one or two very slight kinks

fittings test as 9k gold

allowing the buckle to function fully

Victorian Nine Symbolic Panels Ring brooches It's crafted in platinum throughoutDATE: Victorian, c. 1900 An interesting antique panel ring featuring nine framed symbols. Various animals (birds, quadrupeds), people engaged in mysterious tasks, and more abstract iconography reminiscent of scales or temples adorn each of the square faces at first I thought they were zodiac but that doesn't add up possibly Egyptian Hieroglyphs? What I can tell you is that it bears English hallmarks for 18k gold, and dates from the turn of the 20th