Vintage Bloodstone Antelope Intaglio Ring

Vintage Bloodstone Antelope Intaglio RingAn excellent vintage signet ring set with a bloodstone panel featuring an intaglio crest: the Heraldic Antelope. And if you don't quite recognise this creature that's no surprise, it's a medieval fantastical beast. Per Fairbairn's Book of Crests: "A fabulous animal, with body of a stag and the tail of a unicorn, and having a tusk at the tip of the nose, tufts down the back part of the neck, and on the tail, chest, and thighs." The ring itself is

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