The Satyr Ring is a band in 925 sterling silver set with a black onyx stone and carrying the figure of a satyr, the half-man, half-goat follower of Dionysus in Greek myth, worked into the band beside the setting. The onyx is polished smooth and is the darkest surface on the ring.The contrast is the design: the satyr is all worked detail while the stone is left plain, so the eye moves between a carved figure and an unbroken black face. The satyr stands for appetite, music and the wild country the Greeks set against the ordered city, worn as a mythological motif rather than a religious one.