Victorian Masonic "Eye of Providence" Pendant demantoid garnet spelling out the message

spelling out the message

A superb Victorian intaglio signet ring featuring an oval carnelian stone with the Latin motto VIRTUTE RESURGO

and much more delicate than many of the later examples of the style

The enthusiasm for Ancient Egyptian designs in the decorative arts of the 19th Century is largely attributed to Napoleon's conquest of Egypt

An exquisite Victorian Etruscan Revival 15k gold band

Victorian Masonic "Eye of Providence" Pendant demantoid garnet spelling out the messageDATE: Victorian, c. 1890 An exceptional antique Masonic pendant dating from the late 19th Century. An assortment of stone mason tools are arranged within a gold chain border, with an enamelled Eye of Providence nestled at the bottom. It's beautifully made, with detailing to both the front and back, and modelled in 14 karat gold throughout. Many intellectuals, architects, and artists of the 18th and 19th Centuries were Freemasons, and believed that the