Due to the special nature of these jewels, they are only available for purchase one per person. 

IMPORTANT: This listing is for a One of a Kind jewel that cannot be replaced. We recommend Express Shipping with signature required upon delivery to make sure it arrives safely into your hands. This ring is Ready To Ship and will leave the studio in 3 - 5 business days. 

Please note : This ring is a size 7. Please note that because this is a one of a kind ring and the gemstone is irreplaceable, we are unable to resize it.

Made popular again by Queen Victoria by way of her own serpentine engagement ring gifted to her by Prince Albert in 1839- snake jewelry saw a rise in popularity amongst the Victorians. Considered to be a Romantic Period due to the famed romance between to two royals, snakes took on the symbol of everlasting / eternal love ( & life ) when in the form of the Ouroboros ( see the Medusa Ouroboros band here ) as well as considered to be guardian spirits - akin to the proximity of Medusa here. 

Medusa:

Ancient Medusa lived a solitary, lonely life in a subterranean cave. Her ‘otherness’ was the nest of snakes atop her head: in earlier iterations, she was monstrously grotesque, but as time passed her features gave way to a stunning beauty beneath the hands of the artists who reimagined her.

This re-visioning marked her as one of the first ‘Femme Fatales’ of the cultural consciousness – a creature possessing the beauty of a woman and all the power that physical beauty bestows (seduction, sexual prowess) but also terrifying in her deeper powers of death. She embodies the tension between beauty and terror: one look from Medusa turned anything living into stone, though no women were recorded in Myth to have befallen this fate.

Separated from the body, the head of Medusa took on apotropaic qualities, appearing at the entryway of structures and homes to ward off evil and trespassers. In this way, the head of Medusa took on a protectionary quality, frightening away energies and people intent on harm, contradicting the murderous qualities she possessed when fully embodied. Beheaded by Perseus as a trophy, even her blood held potent magical qualities: Pegasus was born from her severed neck and coral is said to be the hardened blood of the Medusa. Set in fine metal, coral also became apotropaic, often worn on the necks of children that extended past ancient times.

Akin to the lightning bolt of destruction in The Tower, Medusa embodies this energy with her death gaze. Wearing these talismans brings this duality of nature to their wearer: her head as a symbol, became a protectionary talisman, while in life, she was a force of destruction; horror and death. The energy of both beauty and terror exists within us, much as the snake has the power of its deadly venom as well as the power to heal.  Beauty and Terror. Life and Death.

*Details* :

- 26 mm from top to bottom

- 15 mm at its wide

- Sits 8 mm off the finger

- Solid Sterling Silver  

- Hand oxidized to achieve our favorite shade of stormy gray and then highlighted to reveal the bright luminous silver beneath

- Set with one 9 x 21 mm Lavender Quartz Marquis cut gemstone

Lavender Quartz: is a rare form of quartz found in one location in Brazil. Much like Rose Quartz, it can be used as an emotional ally, helpful in heartache or times of crisis as a comfort to the emotional body. It is also known to have a calming effect to those who  struggle with anxiety. 

This jewel is hand cut and therefore may have small signs of the carver's hands along the edges. This has not been fabricated by a machine, it has been made by hand and therefore isn't uniformly perfect. The photographs accurately portray the quality of the stone. 

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