Handcrafted Intaglio Jewelry

Elizabeth Locke tirelessly travels the world in pursuit of the uncommon elements that make up her designs: coins from classical Greece and Rome or from forgotten empires; richly colored Venetian glass intaglios - carved figures or designs - made from 17th-century molds; antique carnelian and sardonyx seals; luminous South Sea pearls; cabochon stones in vibrant hues; minutely intricate 19th-century micro-mosaics from Italy; and 18th-century gambling counters carved in mother-of-pearl. Each piece is individually designed by Elizabeth Locke and completely handmade in 19k gold. Such beautiful workmanship!


Venetian Glass Link Bracelet
Venetian glass intaglios with sapphire toggle


19k Gold & Gemstone Rings
Gold, Aquamarine, Moonstone and Diamond, Peach Moonstone and Cognac Diamond, Green Tourmaline, Morganite, Peridot and Pink Sapphire, Spinel, and Diamond


Venetian Glass Intaglios & Labradorite Brooch/Pendant


Elizabeth Locke's father has always maintained that his daughter was born with jet fuel rather than Virginia blood in her veins. How else can one explain a childhood spent in the Shenandoah Valley, a degree in Modern Italian Literature begun at Duke and completed at the University of Florence, an avant-garde furnishing accessories business in Italy, a stint in Manhattan, the return to a farm in Virginia, six years as a contributing editor of Town & Country magazine covering everything from greyhound coursing in England to carnival in Venice, a degree in gemology, and, since 1988, a business that requires constant global forays to search out the components used in her jewelry designs?