A gyrfalcon is felled with a golden arrow.
• Size 8
• Ring face measures about .75" x 1.25"
• Hand painted, etched, hand fabricated
• Solid sterling silver, 23.5k gold, vitreous enamel
• Inscribed with the word, "Charitas" which is Latin for "Charity"
• Wheat detail flanks the inscription
• One of a kind
The motif of flightless and felled birds has recurred in my memento mori work throughout the pandemic; these sad symbols represent a heaviness of spirit and a call for empathy in our current times.