‘A lot of women don’t want a traditional heavy gold signet,’ muses jeweller Cassandra Goad. She quotes Maya Angelou’s line that ‘history cannot be unlived’, and sees the signet as a type of modern-day family remembrance.
As a signifier of family bonds, this everyday ring is second only to a wedding band in terms of wearability. However, there has long been a rebellious ‘no crest’ faction. (Famously, the Mafia boss Lucky Luciano went crest-free with his red-eyed devil signet,…

