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1930's Agate Ring

blackberry16

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I wanted to share pics and the cool story of my mother's great aunt's ring.

My mother's great uncle found this stone one day while he was walking in the woods. He took it home, had it polished and set it in a gold bezel ring.

My favorite feature of this ring is the inscription on the inside of the band. The inscription reads "Mizpah" which comes from the bible verse Genesis 31:49 "And Mizpah;for he said, the Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another."
The band has had to be repaired several times and each time my mother is careful to have the inscription redone in the same font and the same place on the band.

Sorry that the pics are a little fuzzy, we took them on a phone camera while traveling.

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What an excellent storu.. I think I got chills!
 
What a gorgeous ring and great story! I love seeing pieces that people have worn and loved a long time.

I love the way the agate looks like it has a tree in it! It's a really beautiful stone!
 
Wow. What a cool stone, and really awesome story! :appl:
 
dawnabee said:
What an excellent storu.. I think I got chills!

Thanks dawnabee! I love that story too, to me it is the best part!
 
stacy said:
What a gorgeous ring and great story! I love seeing pieces that people have worn and loved a long time.

I love the way the agate looks like it has a tree in it! It's a really beautiful stone!

Hi Stacy,
The "tree" moss is pretty cool. It's hard to see in the pictures but the other piece of moss looks like a peninsula IRL.
 
Tuckins1 said:
Wow. What a cool stone, and really awesome story! :appl:

Thanks for looking Tuckins!
 
That is truly unique! wow! :tongue: Thanks for sharing, I really like that agate it is very cool!
 
Interesting and sweet story. Very interesting stone.
 
Great ring-I love dendritic agate.
 
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