Victorian Four Amethyst Necklace silde An exceptional early 18th Century

An exceptional early 18th Century Posy Ring with the inscription "Rather death then faulse of faythe" (rather death than false of faith)

The band is antique

English hallmarks for Sterling silver

identical with the universal heavenly Mother

It's beautifully made

Victorian Four Amethyst Necklace silde An exceptional early 18th CenturyDATE: Victorian, c. 1890 In ancient Greek society, amethysts were considered an antidote against drunkenness the name "amethystos" literally translates as "not intoxicated", or not drunken. This property first appears in the poetry of Asclepiades of Samos: "Drunkenness am I a gem worked by a subtle hand. I am graven in amethyst, and the subject and the stone are ill assorted. But I am the precious property of Kleopatra, and on the finger of a Queen