Victorian Sardonyx Crowned Lion Intaglio Signet Ring signet rings and a little imagination

and a little imagination

The dog is sitting on a green grass base and sports a yellow gold collar

A stunning antique trilogy engagement ring dating from the early 20th Century

light wear commensurate with age and use

I (Regina Victoria Imperatrix) in red and blue enamel

Victorian Sardonyx Crowned Lion Intaglio Signet Ring signet rings and a little imaginationDATE: Victorian, c. 1880 Speak only truth of the living A cool Victorian signet ring set with an intaglio carved rectangular sardonyx panel. The crest depicts a crowned lion's head, in profile, above the Latin motto: "De Vivis Nil Nisi Verum" The full motto is actually De Vivis Nil Nisi Verum De Mortius Nil Nisi Bonum, which translates as Speak only truth of the living and good of the dead presumably shortened here so it fits on the heraldic crest. A