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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.<\/span><\/p>\n When New York-based jeweller Sarah Ysabel Narici was designing her take on a hoop earring for her brand Dyne, she looked to ancient Rome and Greece. \u201cMyths about power, transformation, human desires, are preoccupations that haven\u2019t really changed,\u201d she says. Her Ambrosia earrings are cast from\u00a0rose gold, set with cinnamon-hued diamonds in homage to Hellenistic clay pots. \u201cI like showing how the ancient and the contemporary aren\u2019t so far apart.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Prounis gold Leo pendant, $3,460, and gold Duo Loop In Loop chain, $4,280<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n I like showing how the ancient and the contemporary aren\u2019t so far apart<\/p>\n Sarah Ysabel Narici<\/p>\n Classical deities, mythical heroes and their adversaries are once again giving shape to jewellery. Some, like Parisian jeweller Marc Auclert, set their designs with museum-quality relics, such as a carved first-century-AD cameo or a third-century-BC silver tetradrachm coin. Auclert has made a specialism of working with broken finds: he recently extended a fragmented first-century-AD Roman agate cameo depicting a bathing Venus into a gold ring.\u00a0<\/p>\n Maison Auclert gold and antique agate cameo ring, \u20ac12,000. BUY<\/strong><\/p>\n Dubini gold, diamond and Roman bronze coin Empress earrings, \u00a38,600. BUY<\/strong><\/p>\n Tiffany & Co gold, platinum and diamond Apollo ring, \u00a341,800. BUY<\/strong><\/p>\n Dyne rose-gold and diamond Ambrosia earrings, POA. BUY<\/strong><\/p>\n He is not alone in his tastes: London-based Benedetta Dubini\u2019s Empress earrings match Roman bronze coins with diamonds, while in Los Angeles J Hannah\u2019s made-to-order Pegasus signet ring centres on an antique intaglio-engraved carnelian. And in Manhattan, Taffin\u2019s James de Givenchy has incorporated engraved gems once commissioned by Prince Stanis\u0142aw Poniatowski in the 18th and 19th centuries, many showing mythological figures.<\/p>\n Hemmerle white-gold, diamond and aluminium cameo brooch, POA<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n J Hannah gold and engraved carnelian Pegasus signet ring, $5,800. BUY<\/strong><\/p>\n Chaumet gold and diamond L\u2019\u00c9pi de Bl\u00e9 earrings, POA. BUY<\/strong><\/p>\n Traditional jewellery houses have long borrowed motifs from antiquity. In 1957, Jean Schlumberger took Apollo, known as the Greek god of sun and light, as his muse for a collection with sunray-like detailing at Tiffany & Co. This year, the brand presented new Apollo by Tiffany gems including a cocktail ring in gold, platinum and diamonds. At Chaumet, cuts of wheat are a legacy motif. \u201cEars of wheat are associated with Ceres, the\u00a0Roman goddess of the harvest; wheat is\u00a0a\u00a0symbol of prosperity, fertility and nourishment,\u201d explains Chaumet\u2019s heritage director Violaine Bigot. This year, the L\u2019\u00c9pi de Bl\u00e9 high-jewellery parure in brushed gold and diamonds continues the tradition.\u00a0<\/p>\n Recommended<\/p>\n Then there are makers who dream up jewellery that looks like it was created thousands of years ago. Hercules Knot pendants by Greek jeweller Lalaounis (Jackie\u00a0O was a fan) borrow a motif first used in jewellery made in Hellenistic times, chosen to symbolise strength, love and the binding of\u00a0two people in marriage. Jean Prounis, meanwhile, has adopted the Ancient Greek practice of imbuing stone sculptures with scented oils. Her Aurathea Strand necklace features sandalwood beads \u201cbathed in an amber scent and hand-strung on silk\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. 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