Victorian Four Amethyst Necklace fabergé and particularly the brevity of

and particularly the brevity of individual human existence

A superb diamond and ruby target ring dating from the Art Deco era

The emerald is Antique but has been set by our jeweller

the image wasn't actually adopted by Russia itself

made from steel

Victorian Four Amethyst Necklace fabergé and particularly the brevity ofDATE: 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