{"product_id":"mystical-serpent-ring-fire-gilded-silver","title":"Mystical Serpent Ring – Fire-Gilded Sterling Silver Snake with Ruyi","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMystical Serpent Ring\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMystical Serpent series · fire-gilded S925 sterling silver with refined red copper · a gilded ruyi held in its jaws\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe head lifts straight at you, and there is gold in its mouth. Red copper flames climb on either side of it. Behind, the body wraps the ring scale over scale, and the shoulders break open into carved silver cloud.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwenty-three millimetres end to end. Three metals. On a face that small there is nowhere to hide a mistake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOPEN SHANK · SELECT YOUR SIZE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAvailable in US ring sizes 7 to 13 — choose your size above before adding to cart.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe shank is left open at the back, so each ring can be eased slightly by hand for a closer fit.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e23 × 21 × 9 mm (0.9 × 0.8 × 0.35 in) · 24 g \/ 0.8 oz.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eDesign Philosophy\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. The head.\u003c\/strong\u003e The skull is carved scale by scale, each one raised and separate, with a dark stone set deep as the eye. It looks up and out rather than down. This serpent is not hiding from anybody.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2. The \u003cem\u003eruyi\u003c\/em\u003e in its jaws.\u003c\/strong\u003e What it carries is not prey. It is a \u003cem\u003eruyi\u003c\/em\u003e — the old sceptre of granted wishes, the sign for peace and for things running smoothly. Fire-gilded, and set at the exact centre of the face. A creature people feared, holding out the thing people wanted most: the whole idea of the piece sits in that one detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3. Flames in refined red copper.\u003c\/strong\u003e The flames rising on either side of the head are not silver darkened to look red — they are refined red copper, worked in as a third metal. Copper against gold against silver, across 23 mm, with no room anywhere to correct a slip.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4. Gold that follows the body.\u003c\/strong\u003e Traditional fire-gilding runs as a single line along the curve of the serpent's back and out into the cloud scroll on either shoulder, so the eye is carried around the ring instead of stopping at the head.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e5. The shoulders.\u003c\/strong\u003e The carving does not stop where most rings stop. Both shoulders are cut in deep relief — cloud, scale and gilded line — so the ring reads as finished from every side of the hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Meaning\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe are born afraid of snakes. The fear arrives before the thought — older than language, older than any of us. And everywhere that fear appeared, worship appeared beside it: the serpent cut into temple walls, coiled around the spring, set at the threshold to guard whatever mattered most.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis one we pushed further toward the divine. Red copper flames rise on either side of the head, and a gilded \u003cem\u003eruyi\u003c\/em\u003e rests in its jaws. That is the turn we wanted — a creature that was only ever feared, shown in the act of giving. The old gods were both things at once: what you were frightened of, and what you went to for help.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd it keeps moving. A serpent sheds its skin and walks out of it whole. Through the forest, through the water, through one shape after another — it does not end when it changes. It simply becomes the next version of itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat is why we made it. Not because the snake frightens us, but because it is the oldest picture we have of what we are also doing: shedding, moving, becoming.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eMay you shed what no longer fits, and meet each new form of yourself unafraid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis ring is one of three pieces in the Mystical Serpent series, alongside the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/mystical-serpent-cuff-bangle-fire-gilded-silver\"\u003eMystical Serpent Cuff Bangle\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/mystical-serpent-naga-pendant-fire-gilded-silver\"\u003eMystical Serpent Naga Pendant\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial \u0026amp; Craftsmanship\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eS925 sterling silver, hand-carved\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTraditional 24K fire-gilding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRefined red copper flames\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFire-gilded \u003cem\u003eruyi\u003c\/em\u003e held in the jaws\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e23 × 21 × 9 mm \/ 0.9 × 0.8 × 0.35 in · 24 g \/ 0.8 oz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen shank · US ring sizes 7 to 13\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eUS\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eInner circumference\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eEU \/ ISO\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eUK\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e7\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e54.4 mm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e54\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eN½\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e56.6 mm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e56½\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eP½\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e58.9 mm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e59\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eR½\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e61.4 mm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e61½\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eT½\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e63.5 mm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e63½\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eV½\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e65.9 mm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e66\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eX½\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e68.5 mm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e68½\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eZ+1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo measure: wrap a strip of paper around the base of your finger, mark where it meets, and measure the length in millimetres. That length is your inner circumference — match it to the table above. Measure at the end of the day, when fingers are at their largest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTraditional Fire-Gilding\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e24K gold foil is fused onto the surface of S925 sterling silver at approximately 900°C. Gold's own melting point is 1063°C, so the work happens inside a narrow window: hot enough for the gold to bond, not hot enough for it to run.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvery detail is then engraved and shaped by hand under a 40× microscope. The smaller the surface, the harder it gets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not ordinary gold plating: the gold is fired into the silver rather than deposited on its surface, so it becomes part of the piece — a real weight of gold, not a film.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBecause that gold is bonded into the silver rather than laid on top of it, it does not lift, flake or wear thin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe stone is set deep into the silver and takes ordinary wear without complaint. Avoid hard knocks against stone or tile, and wipe the ring dry after it has been in water. 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