Mexican Fire Opal in Matrix Ring | 14k Gold Sphinx Ring antique compass This dramatic shield pendant features

This dramatic shield pendant features a gold shield with pearl and enamel accents and a turquoise heart at its center

A lovely Victorian era ring glistening with natural rubies and old European cut diamonds

Finely wrought and beautifully detailed

These attractive earrings feature two entwined serpents coiled around an amethyst cabochon

A spectacular Victorian bracelet from the mid-Victorian era (circa 1850-1870)

Mexican Fire Opal in Matrix Ring | 14k Gold Sphinx Ring antique compass This dramatic shield pendant featuresThe sphinx with its body of a lion, wings of an eagle, and head of a human, is an ancient Egyptian symbol of protection and guardianship. This sphinx ring features a dramatic Mexican fire opal in a brown orange matrix set into a mounting that we cast and reproduced from an antique signet ring. The 14k gold mounting features a sphinx on either side of the stone. The fire opal cabochon measures 18 mm by 15 mm and the ring is currently a size 8. 25. It