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#Antique intaglio full
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Keep in mind that if you want to invest in a ring to wear, you must really try it on first. There are even unmounted stones that you can purchase and have mounted in a setting created by your own jewelry designer. There are a surprisingly number of them available through specialist jewelers and auction houses. Harder gemstones were later used to aide the craftsman in cutting more precise detail into the stones that would last.īelieve it or not, you can invest in and enjoy ancient intaglio rings today. Although prices are not displayed, please do not let this discourage you from. Seals were used in the Ancient Near East from about 3400BC for over three thousand years, with primarily softer gemstones being used.
Their origin can be traced to the Sumerian period in Mesopotamia. At that point in history, there was no such thing as a written signature. Although many were worn and collected simply as mementos, in ancient Rome they were often used as signet rings, with businessmen and political leaders with enormous power and wealth using them to sign documents by transferring their impression into a hot dripping of wax. Unlike the technique of carving cameos, which creates a bas-relief image sitting above a flat background, intaglio carves the image into the stone, below the flat surface.
Starting from 5000BC right up to modern times, gemstones with images carved into them by artisans, then mounted onto finger rings, have been are among the most highly desirable treasures to own and wear.
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