MID-VICTORIAN BANDED AGATE RING, CIRCA 1870

Centred with a flat oval banded agate plaque, set within a smooth bezel setting, bordered by decorative openwork loop motifs at the shoulders, joining a double-strand wire shank, the reverse fitted with a smooth enclosed solid panel, tested 18 karat rose gold, ring size K ½ (sizeable).

Why we are obsessed: 

Popularized in 19th-century Britain when Queen Victoria adopted Scottish "pebble jewelry" after purchasing Balmoral Castle in 1848, banded agate remains a Victorian classic. Surrounding the stone, the entwined wirework resembles a lover's knot, symbolizing an unbroken bond.