Georgian Edmond Halley Intaglio Fob mid-century The sides of the head

The sides of the head are beautifully textured

Ring size: Q or 8 US

Crafted in 9ct gold

This is an original Victorian snake collar

Georgian Edmond Halley Intaglio Fob mid-century The sides of the headExcellent Georgian seal fob commemorating English astronomer, mathematician, and physicist Edmond Halley. Halley successfully predicted the return, in 1759, of a particularly bright comet which now bears his name. He also mapped and catalogues the southern celestial hemisphere from an observatory he built on Saint Helena, and realised that by tracking Venus as it moved across the sun (a solar transit), he would be able to determine the distances