featured: antique art nouveau

Gold, Turquoise French, c.1900

Naiads Ring from the collection of the Tadema gallery. In Greek mythology, the Naiads or Naiades (Ναϊάδες from the Greek νάειν, "to flow," and νᾶμα, "running water") were a type of nymph who presided over fountains, wells, springs, streams, and brooks. (wikipedia)