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LOT 2496
Bedouin Silver-Coloured Ring with Bearded Portrait Gemstone
20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (9.43 grams, 29.85 mm overall, 15.84 x 18.48 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)).
Facetted hoop with linear decoration, a hexagonal bezel set with a black intaglio bearing a bearded bust. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx West London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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LOT 2496
Bedouin Silver-Coloured Ring with Bearded Portrait Gemstone
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Greek Style Terracotta Plaque Frangment Group
Circa 19th century A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: border fragment with bearded male head in profile and female with tiara in front; female in profile with lotiform bowl and reed; female in profile approaching a hand-mirror, blue pigment to the field. 377 grams total, 10.1-14.5 cm
Acquired at auction in Geneva or Basel circa 1989. From the private collection of a Swiss gentleman collector, thence by decent 2018. -
Post Medieval Bronze Seal Matrix Group
Circa 17th-18th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Each an openwork trefoil handle and disc base; motifs comprising 'IW between asterisks', 'ID'flanking a plant, 'IW' flanking a plant, 'LI' retrograde) flanking a plant, each supplied with an impression. 15.44 grams total, 22-28 mm
Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector. -
Renaissance Gold Ring with Foiled Ruby Gemstone
France, 16th-17th century A.D.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
D-section slender hoop with openwork floral shoulders set with small diamonds, an octagonal bezel with piecrust edge, set with a foil-backed ruby. 6.00 grams, 23.42 mm overall, 16.64 x 17.76 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5 3/4, Europe 11.24, Japan 10)
Private collection of a North London lady before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13545-263670.
This ring design appeared during the 16th-17th centuries with varying decorative elements. The foliage and the ‘fleurs-de-lis’ motif can be dated to the 2nd half of the 16th century A.D.
