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Intaglio Nicolo

A Roman Ring With A Intaglio Nicolo Minerva 1st Century AD
Located in Firenze, IT
A ROMAN INTAGLIO NICOLO with MINERVA 1ST CENTURY AD Period: I - II century A.D. Top size: 14.5 mm
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Signet Rings

Materials

Agate, 22k Gold, Yellow Gold

Ancient Roman Silenus Nicolo Intaglio Ringstone circa 1st-2nd century AD
Located in Firenze, IT
characterized by an ancient Roman nicolo, dating back to around the 1st-2nd century, set in a modern 18k yellow
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Signet Rings

Materials

Agate, Gold

Roman Nicolo Intaglio Of A Cupid Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
Located in Firenze, IT
, inserted in a gold frame. The nicolo, typically an onyx intaglio, depicts a small Cupid presumably intent
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Signet Rings

Materials

18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Georgian 18th Century Signet Ring with Ancient Roman Nicolo Intaglio of Hercules
Located in London, GB
A superb ancient Roman nicolo intaglio set in a late 18th century gold signet ring. Nicolo
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Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Signet Rings

19th Century Gold Ring with an Ancient Roman Nicolo Intaglio of a Horse.
Located in London, GB
High Carat Gold Ring Set with a Roman Nicolo Intaglio Depicting a Horse before a Tree Roman
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Antique 19th Century Signet Rings

Ancient Roman Hippocampus intaglio ring, circa 150-250 AD.
Located in London, GB
Ancient Roman Hippocampus intaglio ring. Set with an oval nicolo onyx intaglio depicting a
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Signet Rings

Materials

Yellow Gold

Antique Empire Pair Of 18 K Gold Bracelets/Necklace Ancient + Antique Intaglios
Located in Munich, Bavaria
intaglio eros with dog, late 18th century 10. oval nicolo intaglio woman looking in a mirror she is holding
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Antique Early 1800s Empire Link Bracelets

Materials

Agate, Carnelian, Gold, 18k Gold

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Antique Gold Roman Intaglio Ring
Located in Chicago, IL
Roman Ring with Intaglio of Mars Roman, 4th century AD, intaglio 3rd century AD Gold, nicolo
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Band Rings

Materials

Onyx, Gold

Gold Renaissance Ring with Roman Agate Intaglio Depicting a Horse
Located in Chicago, IL
Renaissance ring with Roman horse intaglio Ring: Western Europe, c. 1580-90, Roman intaglio: 1st
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Antique 16th Century European Renaissance Signet Rings

Materials

Agate, Gold, Enamel

Roman Nicolo Intaglio Portrait of Hercules Ring
Located in Firenze, IT
Roman nicolo intaglio, portrait of Hercules, with a bust of the hero in profile to the left, in a
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Signet Rings

Materials

Agate, Gold

Antique Gold and Agate Nicolo Intaglio Jupiter Serapis Ring
Located in Firenze, IT
Agate Nicolo depicting a profile head of Jupiter Serapis with gold mount. Size : 7 Weight : 3gr.
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Antique 1810s Italian Georgian Signet Rings

Materials

Agate, Gold, 18k Gold

Roman Empire 1st Century AD Nicolo Agate Intaglio Ring
Located in Firenze, IT
century AD nicolo light blue agate depicting the rest of the Greek warrior The archaeological style
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Signet Rings

Materials

Agate, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Ancient Roman Nicolo Intaglio Ring Circa 2nd Century AD
Located in Firenze, IT
Silver and gold ring, adorned with Roman intaglio depicting putto in profile. Ring size: 7 Weight
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Signet Rings

Materials

Agate, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

A Roman Nicolo Intaglio Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
Located in Firenze, IT
The oval stone engraved, depicting a panther, finger size 7 , the stone 7mm high, set in a modern silver and gold ring Weight: 7.42gr.
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Signet Rings

Materials

Agate, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver

An Ancient Roman Nicolo Janus Intaglio Ringstone Circa 1st-2nd Century AD
Located in Firenze, IT
An ancient Roman nicolo intaglio ringstone, circa 1st-2nd century AD, is mounted in a modern high
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Signet Rings

Materials

Agate, Gold

Ancient Roman Gold Ring with Nicolo Intaglio of Venatores, 1st-3rd Century Ad
Located in Braintree, GB
a bird. Nicolo is a cameo or intaglio that is carved in onyx in such a way that the image displays
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Signet Rings

Materials

18k Gold

Yellow Gold 18k Signet Ring with Intaglio
Located in Geneva, CH
Yellow gold 18K signet ring adorned with an intaglio on nicolo agate representing a coat of arms
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Early 20th Century European Classical Roman Signet Rings

Materials

Agate, Yellow Gold

RING WITH ROMAN NICOLO INTAGLIO
By Maison Auclert
Located in Paris, IDF
Ring in silver (3.8 grams) and 18K pink gold (6.4 grams) set with a 1st century Roman nicolo agate
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21st Century and Contemporary French Signet Rings

Materials

Agate, 18k Gold

Antique Victorian Nicolo Coat of Arms Intaglio Signet Ring
Located in Sale, Cheshire
A cool antique signet ring set with a square intaglio panel. It's carved with a heraldic coat of
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Antique 19th Century English High Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Agate, 18k Gold

Ancient Roman Gold Nicolo Intaglio Signet Ring with Standing Warrior
Located in London, GB
Ancient Roman Gold Nicolo Intaglio Signet Ring with Standing Warrior Ca. 100-300 AD An Ancient
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Classical Roman Signet Rings

Antique Intaglio Ring
By Maison Auclert
Located in Paris, IDF
Ring in 18K red gold and oxidized silver set with a nicolo intaglio from the 18th century depicting
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21st Century and Contemporary French Signet Rings

Materials

Agate, 18k Gold

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Why Gold Shines in Jewelry Craftsmanship

Gold is the feel-good metal, the serotonin of jewelry. Wear vintage and antique gold necklaces, watches, gold bracelets or gold rings and you feel happy, you feel dressed, you feel, well, yourself. 

Gold, especially yellow gold, with its rich patina and ancient pedigree going back thousands of years, is the steady standby, the well-mannered metal of choice. Any discussion of this lustrous metal comes down to a basic truth: Gold is elementary, my dear. Gold jewelry that couples the mystique of the metal with superb design and craftsmanship achieves the status of an enduring classic. Many luxury houses have given us some of our most treasured and lasting examples of gold jewelry over the years.

Since its founding, in 1837, Tiffany & Co. has built its reputation on its company jewelry as well as its coterie of boutique designers, which has included Jean Schlumberger, Donald Claflin, Angela Cummings and Elsa Peretti. There are numerous gold Tiffany classics worth citing. Some are accented with gemstones, but all stand out for their design and the workmanship displayed.

For the woman who prefers a minimalist look, the Tiffany & Co. twist bangle (thin, slightly ovoid) is stylishly simple. For Cummings devotees, signature pieces feature hard stone inlay, such as her pairs of gold ear clips inlaid with black jade (a play on the classic Chanel black and tan), or bangles whose design recalls ocean waves, with undulating lines of lapis lazuli and mother-of-pearl. And just about any design by the great Jean Schlumberger is by definition a classic.

Even had he eschewed stones and diamonds, Southern-born David Webb would be hailed for the vast arsenal of heavy gold jewelry he designed. Gold, usually hammered or textured in some manner, defines great David Webb jewelry. The self-taught jeweler made very au courant pieces while drawing inspiration from ancient and out-of-the-way sources — East meets West in the commanding gold necklaces made by Webb in the early 1970s. The same could be said for his endlessly varied gold cuffs.

In Europe, many houses have given us gold jewelry that sets the highest standard for excellence, pieces that were highly sought after when they were made and continue to be so. 

Numerous designs from Cartier are homages to gold. There are the classic Trinity rings, necklaces and bracelets — trifectas of yellow, white and rose gold. As a testament to the power of love, consider the endurance of the Cartier Love bracelet.

Aldo Cipullo, Cartier’s top in-house designer from the late 1960s into the early ’70s, made history in 1969 with the Love bracelet. Cipullo frequently said that the Love bracelet was born of a sleepless night contemplating a love affair gone wrong and his realization that “the only remnants he possessed of the romance were memories.” He distilled the urge to keep a loved one close into a slim 18-karat gold bangle. 

BVLGARI and its coin jewelry, gemme nummarie, hit the jackpot when the line launched in the 1960s. The line has been perennially popular. BVLGARI coin jewelry features ancient Greek and Roman coins embedded in striking gold mounts, usually hung on thick link necklaces of varying lengths. In the 1970s, BVLGARI introduced the Tubogas line, most often made in yellow gold. The Tubogas watches are classics, and then there is the Serpenti, the house's outstanding snake-themed watches and bracelets.

A collection called Monete that incorporated the gold coins is one of several iconic BVLGARI lines that debuted in the 1970s and ’80s, catering to a new generation of empowered women. Just as designers like Halston and Yves Saint Laurent were popularizing fuss-free ready-to-wear fashion for women on the go, BVLGARI offered jewels to be lived in

Since Van Cleef & Arpels opened its Place Vendôme doors in 1906, collection after collection of jewelry classics have enchanted the public. As predominantly expressed in a honeycomb of gold, there is the Ludo watch and accessories, circa the 1920s, and the golden Zip necklace, 1951, whose ingenious transformation of the traditional zipper was originally proposed by the Duchess of Windsor. Van Cleef's Alhambra, with its Moroccan motif, was introduced in 1968 and from the start its popularity pivoted on royalty and celebrity status. It remains one of VCA’s most popular and collected styles.

Mention must be made of Buccellati, whose name is synonymous with gold so finely spun that it suggests tapestry. The house’s many gold bracelets, typically embellished with a few or many diamonds, signified taste and distinction and are always in favor on the secondary market. Other important mid-20th-century houses known for their gold-themed jewelry include Hermès and Ilias Lalaounis.

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Finding the Right Signet-rings for You

Traditionally considered a ring for men, a vintage signet ring is a popular gift today for anyone who desires an expressive, timeless piece of jewelry that can feature all manner of engraved motifs, gemstones, specific symbols or monograms.

Whether it's an antique gold signet ring, diamond signet ring or some other classic iteration, signet rings get their name from signus, which means “sign” in Latin.

These rings, which may historically be referred to as “seal rings,” date back thousands of years and were used as a form of signature. Whatever may have been engraved on the ring — a married couple’s initials, a family crest — identified ownership for the purposes of authenticating documents and more when impressed on soft wax. During the Middle Ages, signet rings were symbols of power and prestige and common accessories for nobility. Later, during the 19th century, precious and semiprecious stones such as rubies and diamonds were added to gold signet rings as they took on a more ornate appearance than they had previously. 

In recent years, fashion has been primarily about individuality, and nothing is more personal than a jewel bearing a name or monogram. That is the reason jewelers have revived traditional signet rings, custom-engraving their designs with customers’ preferred words or symbols. Those who prefer the thrill of the hunt have a range of vintage letter charms and pendants to sift through.

And it isn't all about men's signet rings anymore, either — the accessory is for everyone. Princess Diana wore a signet ring that was a gift from Charles before their wedding, and we all know that the royals are top-tier fashion influencers, especially when it comes to rings.

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