Eye for Drama - Georgian Gold Gem Quizzing Glass rose_cut_diamonds Revived in the later Victorian

Revived in the later Victorian era

Dating to the early 1900s

Shank is 15k yellow gold

Clear and fine (not murky or muddy)

this ring has two senses covered

Eye for Drama - Georgian Gold Gem Quizzing Glass rose_cut_diamonds Revived in the later VictorianQuizzers or quizzing glasses were popular for both men and women from the 18th century onward. So named because they "quizzed"? or studied a subject. Some magnified, others reduced and were meant as a means to view a scene, such as an opera or play. In this case, this fine gemstone and gold quizzer, reduces. Hold it up to a landscape, a play or human scape, and the scene is miniaturized. An artist may have used the same type of reducing glass to paint