Gold mounted agate “composite” / comes / fly in a ring. Made by Johann Christian Neuber from Saxony. Ca 1790 . The fly’s body is carved from grey-light brown agate, the legs are engraved into the base agate, and the head of the fly is carved from light red garnet. The overall impression is of a fly / 1;1 in size / standing on a light coloured agate background.
These fly rings appear in the book on Neubers work for the Royal Court of Saxony.
