Vintage Silver Blue John Pendant 22ct A cool Georgian cameo ring

A cool Georgian cameo ring depicting John Milton

the oval head intaglio carved with a crown

and a central emerald

light patina and wear commensurate with age

I have no real idea why it would have been made

Vintage Silver Blue John Pendant 22ct A cool Georgian cameo ringDATE: Vintage, c. 1992 A cool pendant bearing hallmarks for Sheffield and the year 1992. It's a good, large size, carved from a single piece of Blue John with the prominent purple and white jagged banding it's known for. The stone aka the Derbyshire Spar is a rare form of fluoride with bands of purple blue and yellow. The origin of the name Blue John is thought to have come from the French bleu et jaune, meaning blue and yellow. Another theory, the