Adorable antique Bug ring, converted from a Victorian brooch.
 
The bug has garnet wings that are slightly open, ready to fly, revealing a diamond studded abdomen, his thorax also set with rose cut diamonds.His face, with tiny rubies for eyes.
 
Turn him over and his gold abdomen is finely detailed.
He has been well converted so that the three chunky gold wires that form the shoulders of the ring, and converge into a single band, seem to come organically from his body.
 
Such a great ring!
 
Measures - 18mm north/south
size - 5 (K) and can be sized
weighs - 5.8g
English circa 1870
 
Excellent condition