Victorian Venus & Mars Onyx Cameo Signet Ring stickpin A sweet antique heart locket

A sweet antique heart locket set with a single pearl and finished in red guilloché enamel

and appears to glow from within

" and they form a sort of trapdoor over the opening in the shell

circa 1870

Likely of German origin

Victorian Venus & Mars Onyx Cameo Signet Ring stickpin A sweet antique heart locketDATE: Victorian, c. 1890 Love & War. A substantial antique signet ring set with an onyx cameo depicting Venus and Mars, both in profile facing to the right, the former rendered in white with Mars in black. The union between Mars and Venus was of particular importance to the Romans, who viewed them as a complementary pair (whilst conveniently ignoring the adulterous implications of their relationship). The uniting of deities representing Love and War