Mid-Victorian Medusa Cameo Signet Ring military Heart Padlock: 2

Heart Padlock: 2

The daughter of James

A rival crowd of envious lovers strove

It dates from the turn of the 20th Century

Bead in great condition

Mid-Victorian Medusa Cameo Signet Ring military Heart Padlock: 2DATE: Cameo is Victorian, c. 1850. Ring mount contemporary Stunning hardstone cameo ring depicting Medusa in high relief. Medusa is certainly the best known of the three monstrous Gorgon sisters. Our earliest reference to the Gorgons is found in Hesiod's Theogony, but it was Ovid who really fleshed out the story in the Metamorphoses, where he describes Medusa in her youth: Medusa once had charms; to gain her loveA rival crowd of envious lovers strove.