Onyx Signet Rings

French antique signet ring. Very unusual signet ring, created in Paris France around the 1880 during the Victorian Era. Crafted with very strong geometric patterns in solid yellow g...

This handsome antique, Victorian era 15kt gold and Black onyx signet ring has everything you could wish for in a signet ring! It has a shield shaped face set with an inky black Onyx...

A fine antique Victorian onyx cameo ring. In 14k yellow gold. Inscribed with a with dedication to the shank that reads: "J.H.L. from father & m...

A sweet antique, late Victorian era mourning ring. This is an initial ring with an applied gold letter E, set on a rich black onyx panel. The ring has a slender smooth polished 9kt gold band...

Finely detailed antique Victorian letter "M' initial ring (circa 1880s to 1900s), crafted in 9 karat rose gold. The letter "M" is set upon onyx (measures 17mm x 12mm). The side s...

A gorgeous antique, late Victorian era mourning ring. This is an initial ring with an applied gold monogram of the initials NS, set on a rich black onyx panel with cut corners. The...

A gorgeous antique, late Victorian era mourning ring. This is an initial ring with an applied gold letter J, set on a rich black onyx panel. The ring has decorative engraved should...

A gorgeous antique, late Victorian era mourning ring. This is an initial ring with an applied silver letter D, lightly engraved in gothic script and set with Diamond chips, set on a...

A pretty antique, late Victorian era mourning ring. This is an initial ring with an applied gold letter M, lightly engraved and set on a rich black onyx panel. The ring has decorat...

Queen Victoria was famously in love with her husband, Prince Albert. When he died, she entered a period of mourning that lasted for the next forty years, wearing black dresses and black "mourning" jewelry. This might sound horribly depressing to our modern ears but it did not sound horribly depressing to Victorian English ears. In the same way that today, if Kate Middleton wears a specific scarf by a specific designer that specific scarf sells out worldwide in five minutes, so, too, did the citizens of Victorian-era England look to their monarch to set the style tone. Mourning jewelry had existed for hundreds of years. It was worn as a way to remember and honor a loved one who had passed. But mourning jewelry exploded in popularity during Victoria's reign and quite suddenly, necklaces, bracelets, brooches featuring onyx, jet, pearls, dark garnets, old diamonds and gold were all the rage. The ring you see here is an especially elegant example of an English Victorian-era mourning ring. An oval plaque of glossy black onyx serves as the background for a "coach lantern" form created in gold and set with a row of four single-cut diamonds. The diamonds provide a source of illumination for the coach lantern so that it can light your way through the darkness. Surrounding the onyx we find 24 faceted jet stones set into silver atop gold. The 15K yellow gold shank features decorated shoulders and a simple band the rest of the way around. I love mourning jewelry. Not just because through our modern eyes, it's monotone chic; I love mourning jewelry for what it is: a jewel to remember and honor a loved one who has passed. If we're honest, none of us ever "gets over" the loss of a loved one That doesn't happen. What happens is, we continue to move forward through time, through our lives. But the love we felt for that person, our memories of them; these travel with us through life. Mourning jewelry was —and still ought to be— a way of not forgetting. And a way of saying, "don't tell me I should be 'healed' by now." This magnificent antique Victorian mourning ring...

Finely detailed Victorian era signet ring (circa 1880s to 1900s) crafted in 14 karat rose gold. The initial is set upon a black onyx mounting that measures 17mm x 13mm. The handsom...

Elegant and handsome finely detailed Victorian Onyx Intaglio Unisex Portrait Signet Ring, the hand carved onyx Intaglio measures approximately 18.0 x 14.6 mm and is set in a Hand eng...