Rings of Resistance: "Our Daughters are Listening"

Rings of Resistance: "Our Daughters are Listening"The idea of one (wo)man, one vote is so foundational to our democracy its hard to imagine it wasnt ever thus, but it was not. Before the suffragettes of the early 20th Century there was universal male suffrage. Life for the working class in Britain post industrial revolution was grim and since they were entirely excluded from the democratic process they had no power to effect change. The Chartists (so named after the Peoples Charter of 1838) demanded

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An exquisite Art Nouveau ring modelled as a heavily stylised arrow that wraps around the finger

The ivy (per the Victorian Language of Flowers) represents fidelity

18 carat gold band

Redon was celebrated by Symbolist poets for his interest in making visible the world of dreams and fantasies

the head features lovely pink almandine garnet and milky pearl 'petals' set around a central emerald

as was the style

with coils of gold wire forming the shoulders and an asymmetrical wire 'frame' around the bug

holding a spear in her left hand

in miniature and complete with her scales and sword

known as 'toi et moi' or 'me and thee' rings

Cool 1960s ring crafted in 18ct yellow gold and housing a large