An early 19th century silver ring of...
An early 19th century silver ring of the Ionian Islands, composed of seven circular hammered medallions each representing a symbol of the Ionian Islands of Greece, including the head of Ulysses for Ithaca, the harp for Lefkada, Keo for Cephalonia, Trident for Paxos, tripod for Zakynthos, galley ship for Corfu, and Venus emerging from her shell for Kythira, c. 1800, ring size O C.f. Rings, The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, B. Chadour, London, 1994, Vol. II, p. 475, no 1530, and The Ashmolean M
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An early 19th century silver ring of the Ionian Islands, composed of seven circular hammered medallions each representing a symbol of the Ionian Islands of Greece, including the head of Ulysses for Ithaca, the harp for Lefkada, Keo for Cephalonia, Trident for Paxos, tripod for Zakynthos, galley ship for Corfu, and Venus emerging from her shell for Kythira, c. 1800, ring size O C.f. Rings, The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, B. Chadour, London, 1994, Vol. II, p. 475, no 1530, and The Ashmolean M