18ct Gold Turquoise Faience Ancient Egyptian Scarab Ring

Name: 18ct Gold Turquoise Faience Ancient Egyptian Scarab Ring
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA829163
Availability: SoldOut

1940 - 1960

Sold by Corvidae Antique

Description

An intricate vintage, possibly antique, ring in rich 18-carat gold beautifully complemented by a hand carved pale turquoise scarab.

Scarab rings have been produced since Ancient Egyptian times when the beetle was used as a symbol of the sun god Ra and scarabs were tied to the finger with thread, a motif often echoed in the design of later rings. Scarabs also represent immortality and resurrection, growth and development. There was a massive revival of interest in scarab beetles and all things Egyptian during the 19th century in the Victorian Egyptian Revival period.

Egyptian faience is an ancient non-clay ceramic which is glazed and usually green, turquoise or blue in colour. Faience scarabs usually have heiroglyphs incised on their reverse, ranging from family names to gods and good luck symbols, and could be purely ornamental or spiritually significant, sometimes placed into the bandages of mummies.

The ring is in excellent vintage/antique condition.

Size M and a half (UK), 6.5 (US). The scarab measures 10 x 7mm and the top of the ring sits approx 4mm above the finger.

Weight: 2.5g.

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Physical Dimensions

Height

1cm (0.39")

Width

0.7cm (0.28")

Depth

0.4cm (0.16")

Declaration

Corvidae Antique has dated this piece to the 1960s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA829163

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Description

An intricate vintage, possibly antique, ring in rich 18-carat gold beautifully complemented by a hand carved pale turquoise scarab.

Scarab rings have been produced since Ancient Egyptian times when the beetle was used as a symbol of the sun god Ra and scarabs were tied to the finger with thread, a motif often echoed in the design of later rings. Scarabs also represent immortality and resurrection, growth and development.

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There was a massive revival of interest in scarab beetles and all things Egyptian during the 19th century in the Victorian Egyptian Revival period.

Corvidae Antique

fig 1. 18CT Gold Turquoise Faience Ancient Egyptian Scarab Ring — fig 1. 18ct Gold Turquoise Faience Ancient Egyptian Scarab Ring

Egyptian faience is an ancient non-clay ceramic which is glazed and usually green, turquoise or blue in colour. Faience scarabs usually have heiroglyphs incised on their reverse, ranging from family names to gods and good luck symbols, and could be purely ornamental or spiritually significant, sometimes placed into the bandages of mummies.