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5cm x 4cm With bale
74mm each or approx 0
Belle Époque 1890-1915
The central large 2
Modelled in 18ct yellow gold and with traditional ‘carved’ gallery of scrolled design
Antique 9ct Yellow Gold Shell Cameo Oh ‘Hercules And The Nemean Lion’ Ring Circa 1900 5cm x 4cm With baleQuite a wonderful ring with not a common depiction of Hercules (Heracles) wearing the Nemean lions skin over his shoulders and head in place of traditional armour. Killing the Nemean lion was the first of the heros famous twelve labors and it gave him his famous hide for protection. After killing the beast with his bare hands, he was almost always shown wearing its skin with its head pulled up over his own like a hood. This unusual example of a cameo
