Antique 18th Century Portuguese Reliquary Ring - Size 5 anklet spiny oyster is found in

spiny oyster is found in the sea off the coast of Baja California

embellished with gilding

This listing is for the slide only

7mm wide by 10

French School

Antique 18th Century Portuguese Reliquary Ring - Size 5 anklet spiny oyster is found inA wonderful and rare Portuguese reliquary ring crafted in the 18th century from silver and gold. It features a wooden icon of "Nossa Senhora" (Our Lady) behind a quartz crystal, framed by a frieze of "minas novas" (quartz), beautifully engraved on the reverse and sitting on an ornate band. In the middle of the 18th century in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil, diamond mines and a huge variety of other precious and semi precious stones were