Edwardian California Garnet Specimen art deco Seven cameo busts - carved

Seven cameo busts - carved from coloured Vesuvian lava and coral - are set in simple rub-over settings

poised to lunge forward

however when in the context of mourning it came to represent the triumph of victory over death and all the joys of heaven

with a raised white gold band running down the centre

Edwardian California Garnet Specimen art deco Seven cameo busts - carvedAn interesting little oddity that took me an age to figure out but I got there. It's a rough, uncut spessartine garnet crystal from the Little Three Mine in Ramona, California. This pendant dates from the very early days of mining in Ramona. The crystal weighs 16. 4 carats and it's mounted in a yellow gold cage likely a souvenir recovered by one of the pioneer miners. Spessartine garnet is an orange coloured gemstone named after the Spessart mountain