Victorian Nine Symbolic Panels Ring lighter directly influenced by the departure

directly influenced by the departure of the first envoy to Japan in 1868 through to 1918 when their rule ended

Made in Japan in the 1860s

It's modelled in high karat yellow gold

home to a Roman era intaglio panel carved with the head Emperor Caesar Augustus

Victorian Nine Symbolic Panels Ring lighter directly influenced by the departureDATE: 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