A zodiac ring

A zodiac ring

Of pierced design, with zodiac symbols, unmarked, ring size O, weight approx. 8.9grs

Accompanied by a letter to Sir W. Brandford Griffith for his retirement

The item has been XRF tested and found to be 17ct gold.

Sir William Brandford Griffith, KCMG (11 August 1824 – 1897) was a British administrative official, Governor of the Gold Coast from 1880 to 1881 and again from 1885 to 1895.

Brandford Griffith was lieutenant-governor in the Gold Coast, and acting governor from 1 December 1880 until 4 March 1881, when Sir Samuel Rowe was appointed governor. On Governor Young's death, he became Governor of the colony for a decade, from 24 April 1885 until retirement on 7 April 1895.

Griffith was born and died in Barbados. He is buried at St. Michael's Cathedral, Bridgetown.^[2]

His son, Sir William Brandford Griffith, was Chief Justice of the Gold Coast from 1895 to 1911.