Featured Another mystery (to me) from today's jewelry box.

The picture Melissa posted was less clear than yours, it looked like he was wearing a ring.

Some Scottish single malt whisky is quite peaty in taste and smell as well, but with a subtly layered richness in taste. I like it. Cheap blends taste like cardboard to me.

 

you need to try a good Canadian Rye !!!

 

I use Deli, Russian and Jewish rye.
Didn't know youse guys baked any...

 

we grow it....bake it , bottle it.......and such.................

 

Hey I'll give it a try. I'm not much of a drinker but you never know what might seem tasty. When in Ireland I found I like Jameson Irish Whiskey and when I visit a friend in Scotland I fully intend to try some single malts.

You never really know what you you're missing if you don't try

Love the other rye (bread) too!

Goodness this is a long way from a signet ring! I started out wondering if it's a copy of an old carnelian ring and now I'm drinking

 

This site will do that...

 

aren't there several threads....where we've ended up drinking..?

 

Probably...
But not I.

 

aren't there several threads......that began with drinking...?

 

OMG. It looks just like a ring my Dad wore all the time. After my Mom passed, she was 89 and he was 87, he lived in an elder condo complex. One day he lost his ring. He was sure he lost it when he went out to throw a bag of trash in the dumpster. The dumpster had already been emptied by the time he thought that. I'm sure his is buried in a landfill somewhere.

 

May I give it to you @Bev aka thelmasstuff? Pm your address and I'll send it your way

 

Back to the ring. When written communications were sealed with wax, the impress of the sender's unique intaglio on an unbroken seal guaranteed the recipient that the document delivered by a messenger genuinely came from that sender & had not been opened en route. Signet rings were not just personal adornment; they were functional & also indicated status. Jumping forward to the Victorians & Edwardians, intaglio seals, both personalized with initials or coats of arms, or glass paste replicas of gems in the best collections made by James Tassie & others, were highly popular both as watch fobs & desk accessories. Once there was no longer need for sealing wax, intaglios became strictly decorative, although they continued to lend a man an air of importance.

The vast majority of intaglios in rings we see today are glass/paste. This was probably just as true in the 19th century. After Catherine the Great commissioned James Tassie, in the late 18th century, to make glass paste copies of the ancient gems in other collections for her, he & his nephew William went on to have a thriving business in making & selling these impressions, in various materials at different prices, as collections or by the piece, to anyone & everyone who aspired to seem cultured. People had custom built cabinets to hold them.

So, agree with Debora that the chunky, simple style of the ring is more 60s/70s, PLAYBOY era. The carnelian colored stone is molded glass. The figure is not Mars, who is rarely shown bearded & never with this 'phrygian cap' type of helmet. He is one of the heroes of the Trojan War, whether Menelaus or Ajax a matter of dispute.

 

Welcome!

 

Yes, welcome to the forum, Bronwen.

 

Thank you, this seems like a very nice community. I will probably make myself obnoxious going on about cameos.

 

Good luck with THAT!

 

Never!
The one in your avatar picture is beautiful.

 

She is Venus, by Filippo Tignani, set in a ring. Not that I look anything like her, just had to find something of mine that was personable & could be cropped to a square & still look nice. After being taken to task in another thread, have started an introductory one on myself.

 

Don't worry, most of us don't look like our avatar pictures. I don't, refreshing those flowers twice a day would be quite a task.

 

Oh. I thought that was Jeff Sessions, what with the ears...