Victorian Pearl & Banded Agate Band by Carlo Giuliano mid-century English hallmarks inside the band

English hallmarks inside the band confirm the metal purity and the year it was made

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This Victorian signet ring features an intaglio carving of Hermes

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Victorian Pearl & Banded Agate Band by Carlo Giuliano mid-century English hallmarks inside the bandThis relatively unassuming ring, although charming and characterful in its own way, was made in the workshop of one of the greatest jewellers to have practised the craft: Carlo Giuliano. Carlo Giuliano (1831 1895) was an Italian goldsmith, a protg of Alessandro Castellani who, in 1860, sent him to London to establish a branch of Casa Castellani. Giuliano settled down with his wife and son and opened a workshop on Frith street where this ring was made.