Outstanding Antique Victorian ring designed as a coiled snake, modelled in 18 carat gold and decorated with black enamel so that her body appears to be decorated with tiny gold stars!
Her head is crowned with a large rose cut diamond set in a silver pinched collet surround. Her eyes are gold balls with a flash of gold liner. She has a wide, gold smiling mouth.
 
Her body wraps around the finger four times and is stabilised on the underside of the finger with two rows of gold, and on the top a gold ball near the tail.
 
Best worn so that the head goes up onto the hand.
 
weighs - 12.27g
 
Size - 4.5 - 5 and cannot be sized
 
Measures - nose to tail - 36mm
 
width - 14mm not including head and tail
 
Rose cut diamond measures .5 carat but as is a rose cut looks like 1 carat
 
18 carat gold
 
Circa 1850
 
Excellent condition