Georgian Navette Pearl Memorial Ring Size:10.25 Van Cleef & Arpels on

Van Cleef & Arpels on face

The backdrop is subtly textured

Since ancient times

The navette-shaped design features intricately set seed pearls mounted on a royal blue guilliché enamel backdrop and arranged around the word SOUVENIR - which translates from French as memory

5cm in length

Georgian Navette Pearl Memorial Ring Size:10.25 Van Cleef & Arpels onDATE: 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