Arts & Crafts Era Brown Agate Floral Ring

Decorate those parts of you that do the important things, the motioning while you talk, the holding of the coffee, the waving at your cute neighbor. You never know when your fingers are going to need a little pick-me-up after a long day of opening doors, writing notes, counting time, grabbing lunch, placing files, and turning pages. They’re your backbone, so to speak. Give them something grand. This antique Arts & Crafts silver floral ring was handcrafted around 1910. It features a large oval en cabochon agate stone at the center of detailed scrolling shoulders. The stone is an interesting one, with a slight cats eye effect, it’s a very interesting brown to taupe color depending on how the light hits it (it could be brown chrysoberyl). It was super typical of Arts & Crafts artists to use interesting and beautiful but affordable materials, and this stone is testament to that. The ring face measures 22.4 x 18.2 x 9.3 mm. This ring is a size 7 and it weighs 5.1 grams. It bears n