In carnelian, an intaglio wax seal depicting a scene of a woman in bodice and drapery looking up and pointing toward the heavens with God’s rays shining down. She stands beside an urn and plinth, her hand rests on a large oval personal insignia with the initials WT (or TW) and the motto “Fides Telum,” or, “The impelling power of faith.” Beneath the insignia, a memento mori skull. An exquisite carving that was likely housed in a fob and later remounted as a ring.
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- Materials
10k gold (tests), carnelian
- Age
c. 1800 intaglio in a later gold mounting
- Condition
Very good
- Size
6.5, can be resized; 1" x 3/4" head, 6.2mm shank
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GeorgianEra
1714 — 1837
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