Sterling Silver Signet Ring | Custom Initial Engraved Oval Chevalier

The signet ring was the most functionally significant piece of jewelry in the ancient world. Pressed into wax to seal documents, it authenticated letters, authorized transactions, and identified the sender with the certainty that a signature provides today. The ring of Polycrates, the tyrant of Samos, was thrown into the sea as an offering to Fate and returned inside a fish. The story, preserved by Herodotus, suggests the degree to which a signet ring was identified with the person who wore it.

A custom initial on an oval chevalier places personal identity in the oldest form of authenticated personal mark in the Western tradition.

925 sterling silver base, custom engraved. Oval signet ring.