Georgian Navette Pearl Memorial Ring Size:3.5 and feature French hallmarks

and feature French hallmarks

with an hourglass (indicating time has stopped for the deceased) on one shoulder and a pickaxe and spade on the other (the gravediggers' tools)

mainly for use in jewellery

with applied oak leaf details to the centre

and shows how important they must have been to the numerous owners over the years

Georgian Navette Pearl Memorial Ring Size:3.5 and feature French hallmarksDATE: Georgian, 1795 An incredible antique navette memorial ring with a finely painted oval panel set within a halo of seed pearls. The panel depicts a lady in mourning, stood by a plinth and urn, with the words "Forgive Thy Wish That Would Have Kept Thee Here". To the back of the head is an inscription that reads: "Dorothy Surtees, ob 20 Nov 1795, aet 74". STONES Natural seed pearls MEASUREMENTS Head: 2. 6 x 1. 7cm Width of band: 2. 1mm WEIGHT 6. 4g