Two gold and intaglio rings

the first French, circa 1820, inset with a rectangular amethyst intaglio engraved with a sundered snake and the motto: se rejoindre ou mourir, flower-chased shank; the second with an oval amethyst intaglio carved with a putto riding a dolphin, reeded shoulders

For the recurring image of Eros riding a dolphin, see

Georg Lippold, Gemmen und Kameen des Altertums und der Neuzeit, Stuttgart, 1922, pl.CXXV, no. 2.