Victorian Jet Wheat Sheaf Pendant gents This is a 225 year

This is a 225 year old ring

Marks: Stamped 14k (gold)

5ct Lab-grown ruby (synthetic corundum)

Stone: "Turgite" (hematite and/or goethite)

It's weighty and substantial

Victorian Jet Wheat Sheaf Pendant gents This is a 225 yearAt first glance, this pairing might seem somewhat odd: the wheat sheaf and black Whitby jet. The latter is normally associated with mourning jewellery, but wheat is an age old symbol of fertility and abundance. When viewed in the context of mourning, we have to dig a little deeper into the Classical mythology. Through the story of Ceres Demeter, the cyclical nature of the seasons, of sowing and the harvest, of Proserpina Persephone's abduction to the