Roman "Hermes & Rooster Chariot" Nicolo Intaglio Signet Ring Size:11 and the snake represents fertility

and the snake represents fertility - all the necessary ingredients for a long and happy marriage

or betrothal rings from the 15th to 18th centuries

The design gives it a particularly modern look

The most charming of Victorian sentimental brooches

Roman "Hermes & Rooster Chariot" Nicolo Intaglio Signet Ring Size:11 and the snake represents fertilityDATE: Intaglio, Roman circa 100AD Ring, vintage circa 1960 A nicolo intaglio is an intaglio in sardonyx, agate, or glass, whereby a thin lighter layer at the surface is carved away to reveal the darker background. This example dates from the 1st century AD, depicting the Roman god Mercury riding through the sky on his chariot pulled by two roosters (creatures believed, like Mercury himself, to guide the souls of the dead to the Underworld) and holding