Victorian Garnet 4-Piece Puzzle Ring rose gold The gallery has been intricately

The gallery has been intricately carved to display scrolling openworked motifs that blend seamlessly into the claws securing the stones in place when the viewpoint is switched

Particularly rare and beautiful things - we've never seen a pair quite like it

With sweeping rococo-style openwork shoulders

The stones slot into the silver case

along with a rare early makers mark (that appears to be a flame)

Victorian Garnet 4-Piece Puzzle Ring rose gold The gallery has been intricatelyDATE: Victorian, c. 1900 A cool antique puzzle ring in sterling silver set with seven almandine garnet cabochons. The four bands come apart (easily enough) and unless you have innate supernatural powers of spacial awareness or past experience it will probably take around 20 minutes to put it back together again. Dating from the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Puzzle rings, in varying forms, have been around for centuries, probably as an evolution