Georgian Cut Steel Cross yellow gold Evidence of an old repair

Evidence of an old repair to one shoulder

1991 (later added)

with wings and snakes in her hair and tied around her throat

Polyhymnia

Striking antique marquise ring made in pre-Revolution Russia

Georgian Cut Steel Cross yellow gold Evidence of an old repairGeorgian cut steel cross pendant dating from the 1790s; faceted steel studs, fashioned from the nails used to secure horseshoes, are riveted on to a metal frame, designed to glisten and gleam under candlelight. Cut steel had been used to adorn shoe buckles, scissors, and watch chains since the early 18th century with much of the early production taking place in Woodstock, Oxfordshire. With the popularity of shoe buckles waning towards the end of that