a sardonyx cameo of an amphorae used for carrying wine, decorated with the faces of Dionysus and Silenus facing one another in profile, separated by a thyrsus, engraved in a dark brown striation of the stone backed by opaque white, with a chased foliate gold border.

Mounted in a later finger ring in rose gold.

Dionysus is the god of wine and merriment. Silenus is his companion and tutor, an older satyr who represents creativity, ecstasy and drunkenness.

Ring size: O

£8,000