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Victorian Tiger's Eye "Flora" Cameo Ring edwardian Materials: Gilt metal and enamelA remarkable antique neoclassical cameo ring, remarkable for various reasons: the scale, the stone, the subject. It's set with a carved tiger's eye gemstone, curved to conform to the finger, and featuring a cameo depicting the Roman deity Flora. In classical mythology, Flora was the goddess of flowers, fertility, and the season of Spring. Her equivalent in the Greek pantheon was Chloris, and her (Roman) husband was Favonius, god of the wind. There was