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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 9414031, member: 5833&quot;]<img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/615de479-dfdd-4d8e-b9a4-70a794982854-jpeg.431688/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/1bb3e478-2ba1-48fb-98b1-b007c293834b-jpeg.431689/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/546478b1-d87b-4a74-ad9c-0f72d978a3c3-jpeg.431690/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The intaglio may be black onyx; also possible that it is glass.&nbsp; This appears to be in very good condition.&nbsp; Stone or glass would have been at risk of chipping around the edges if the ring had been worn steadily.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wish I could tell you which one, but the image represents one of the great Greek heroes, in a stylized way.&nbsp; I&#039;m pretty sure there&#039;s a kind of code involving the beard or lack of, the helmet &amp; the weapon below the truncation, but I&#039;ve never learned to read it.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a glass one of mine:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]431704[/ATTACH]&nbsp; It considerately says Ajax.</p><p><br /></p><p>Think your grandfather would have acquired the ring new.&nbsp; Your date window seems reasonable to me, if it accords with grandfather&#039;s life time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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