Georgian "Thessalonike of Macedon" Cameo Ring Day & Night the length is 18 inches

the length is 18 inches

Total length: 6

A stunning Georgian egg pendant dating from the turn of the 19th Century

Width when open: 3

Georgian "Thessalonike of Macedon" Cameo Ring Day & Night the length is 18 inchesDATE: Cameo: Georgian, c. 1820 A stunning Georgian sardonyx cameo ring dating from the early 19th Century. We believe the figure depicted is Thessalonike of Macedon, daughter of King Philip II and half sister of Alexander the Great. She wears a crested helmet with a mermaid on the side a reference to the Greek myth in which Thessalonike, distraught at the death of Alexander, dives into the sea in an attempt to end her own life. Instead of drowning,