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Neo-Classical Hardstone Cameo Gold Ring, c. 1800
$4,850
£3,660.71
€4,195.26
CA$6,769.42
A$7,374.68
CHF 3,894.60
MX$88,531.13
NOK 49,621.60
SEK 45,352.28
DKK 31,338.07
About the Item
This strikingly unique statement ring is a refined Neo-Classical hardstone cameo ring, dating to the late 18th to early 19th century, and depicting an idealized Greco-Roman philosopher or poet in profile.
The carving draws directly from Hellenistic portrait prototypes, a visual language revived during the Enlightenment and popularized through Grand Tour culture.
The subject is shown with a laurel wreath, full beard, and calm, idealized features—hallmarks of classical “type” portraiture rather than a depiction of a specific historical figure. Such imagery was intentionally symbolic, evoking wisdom, antiquity, and learned authority, and was favored by scholars, collectors, and patrons of the arts during the Neo-Classical period.
The cameo is finely carved in a pale hardstone (likely chalcedony or related material), with confident modeling of the hair, beard, and drapery.
It is four-prong set in an early 19th-century gold mounting, hand-fabricated with a sculptural, high-profile construction and wire supports characteristic of late Georgian to early Victorian goldsmithing. The mount appears original to the carving and was clearly made specifically for it, rather than adapted later.
This ring reads as wearable sculpture—intellectual, restrained, and timeless—equally at home in a serious jewelry collection, a cabinet of curiosities, or a historically informed contemporary wardrobe.
This is not a novelty cameo nor a Victorian sentimental piece. It belongs to the intellectual tradition of Neo-Classicism, when classical antiquity was studied, collected, and consciously revived. Its strength lies precisely in its non-specific identity—a timeless embodiment of classical thought rather than a named sitter.
Resizing is available.
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