The history of the intaglio goes back 5,000 years. Artisans hand carved tales of gods and goddesses, myths and legends, portraits and scenes of life.
These engraved gems were used to imprint the wearer’s chosen design into wax or clay in order to ratify documents and objects, in a time before signatures existed.

Our collection of Greek and Roman stones stands as an ode to this ancient artistry. These intaglios date back to the 1st and 2nd century AD when the Greeks and Romans wore these one-of-a-kind jewels nestled into beds of rich, warm gold.

This piece:

A Carnelian depicting Nemesis standing in profile. Left, head facing front. In her left hand, an olive branch. At her feet, the wheel.

In ancient Greece, Nemesis was the goddess who personifies retribution for the sin of hubris: arrogance before the gods.

The word nemesis originally meant the distributor of fortune, neither good nor bad, simply in due proportion to each according to what was deserved. She is portrayed as a winged goddess.

• One-of-a-kind

• 22k yellow gold

• size 7.75 (re-sizeable)

• Roman, 1st-2nd Century A.D.

• Ready to ship.