C1790 Glass and Carnelian Tassie Intaglio Ring of Laughing Satyr

An unusual antique heraldic signet ring in an unusual shield shape and set with a layered 2 color carnelian agate. The shoulders are ornamented with a raised repousse pattern, fittin...

Victorian banded agate signet ring set in a 15 carat (stamped) gold band. Banded agate is a form of quartz with parallel bands of black and white resulting from mineral deposits laye...

Exceptionally rare and fashioned in the 2nd or 3rd century CE, the carved carnelian gemstone at the center of this ring hails from the Roman Empire. Displaying a rich red color and carved with the image of two Roman deities with a child, the creation exudes the glory of late antiquity. Each taking a classical contrapposto stance, the leftmost god appears crowned with laurels and grasping a staff, while the other appears nude. At their feet, an infant stretches his arms upward toward the divine figures. The crimson carnelian, more than a millennia-old, is set into a later 14K gold ring setting...

Period: 18th Century Weight: 11gr. Top size 15mm Size: 7 L’intaglio in corniola di epoca Neoclassica raffigura il profilo dell’imperatore romano Galba, con una capigliatura in stile ...