Lost Owl Janus Intaglio Signet Ring mid-century with bright purple paste gemstones

with bright purple paste gemstones set in pinchbeck

black appearance

arms outstretched with a bundle of serpents clutched in one hand and an upturned cornucopia spilling out gold coins in the other

It's crafted in 15 carat yellow gold with partial English hallmarks inside the band

antenna and a gold textured thorax

Lost Owl Janus Intaglio Signet Ring mid-century with bright purple paste gemstonesAn intaglio signet ring by Lost Owl. The Roman god Janus is rendered in bloodstone, looking forwards and back. Janus is the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, frames, and endings. He is usually depicted as having a double sided head. Januss religious history is notably complex and obscure. His earliest sphere of influence was the doorway itself (ianua meaning door in Latin), but he gradually came to embody