A Unique & Unusual Folk Art Whitby Jet Sweetheart Ring c.1860 sub-Antiques artist or framers but this

artist or framers but this has long since been absent

The dummies survive from the stable of Peter Maher (Stage name Peter King) and are supported by a host of ephemera and photographs

style and size

but far less difficult than one would initially imagine

sometimes fraudulent

A Unique & Unusual Folk Art Whitby Jet Sweetheart Ring c.1860 sub-Antiques artist or framers but thisOrigin: English Period: Mid Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1860 1870 Approximate UK Ring Size: O or US size 7 The chunky hoop formed from North Yorkshire Whitby jet with punch work detailing in the form of overlapping hearts and lozenge motifs, gadrooned edging and applied metalwork circular beads survives from the third quarter of the nineteenth century. In fine condition, the ring has a beautiful aged patina, the jet stone