Georgian Carved Split Ring objects A buckle for loyalty

A buckle for loyalty

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*the sources don't agree on his parentage: Herodotus says Penelope was his mother and some state Pan to be a son of Zeus

A remarkable vintage cocktail ring by New Zealand designer Peter Minturn

Georgian Carved Split Ring objects A buckle for loyalty15 carat gold Georgian split ring with chased foliate details. These little split rings in solid, high carat gold are like hen's teeth (as it were). It's basically a little gold ring that functions like a keyring with a 'split' down the part of its circumference, allowing for charms, ends of chains, fobs, whatever you like really, to be threaded onto the ring. People have used them over the preceding centuries to hold charm collections on a necklace