the cut corner rectangular emerald oriented landscape, carved with the quarterly of nine shield below a coronet, flanked by standing figural angels, above the banner motto: 'COMME IE FUS' (as I was), the emerald close collet set with fluted border, raised in a mount engraved with bands of acanthus leaves, similar engraving to the baluster-and-knop shaped shoulders, the emerald seal top opening at one end to reveal a concealed compartment with hinged cylinder key featuring a castellated head.
William Ward, 3rd Viscount Dudley and Ward (1750-1823) was a British peer and politician.
Ward was the son of John Ward, 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward, by his second wife Mary Carver. He was elected to the House of Commons for Worcester in 1780, a seat he held until 1788, when he succeeded his half-brother in the viscountcy and entered the House of Lords.
Head 16 x 13mm
Emerald spreading approximately 12.9 x 11.2mm Weight: 18.5g
Victorian cabochon emerald and 18ct gold ring, London (date mark is either 1878 or 1898), the oval 6.49ct Colombian emerald open collet set to a simple tapering gold mount, D shaped shank, accompanied by AGL report no. 1118060 giving the Colombian origin opinion and that the stone shows minor clarity treatment of a traditional type (oiling)