Neoclassical Athena Gorgolophas Cameo Ring Resize:Yes The crest belongs to the

The crest belongs to the Abel and Abell family (of Essex and Kent): an armour clad arm raised with sword in hand

F/G colour and VS1 to SI1 clarity

the simple hook clasp (rather than a concealed clasp)

graduating in size

is rendered in black basalt with the figures painted gold

Neoclassical Athena Gorgolophas Cameo Ring Resize:Yes The crest belongs to theA 19th century neoclassical cameo ring depicting the Gorgon crested Athena. Athena Gorgolophas, one of her lesser used epithets, is described in a 10th century Byzantine Greek Lexicon ("She who has a helmet of the head of the Gorgon, [that is] Athena. Suidas s. v. Gorgolophas [trans. Suda On Line]) and rendered in marble by Ludwig von Schwanthaler (1840). This cameo is carved in onyx and set in 18 carat gold with highly ornate trifurcated shoulders.