Victorian Eagle Intaglio Signet Ring FIDE AC DIFFIDE glass The 15k gold mounts feature

The 15k gold mounts feature breath-taking detail and elaborate Etruscan applied goldwork - including curled rope motifs

triggering a power struggle between factions of parliament under the conservative William Pitt the Younger and the reform-minded Charles James Fox

The ring is a good size

Real Scarab Beetles

tests as 9k gold

Victorian Eagle Intaglio Signet Ring FIDE AC DIFFIDE glass The 15k gold mounts featureDATE: Victorian, c. 1880 A superb Victorian carnelian signet ring with heraldic intaglio crest and motto. The crest depicts an eagle's head, above a banner with the Latin FIDE AC DIFFIDE, or "Faith and Distrust" (although I'm a little unsure about the "ac"). The ring is a good size, and modelled in 18 karat gold, dating from circa 1880. The crest and motto belongs Samual James Augustus Salter, as per the entry in Fairbairn: "Salter, Samuel James