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LOT 0389
Diamond Locket Ring Set with Emerald Intaglio of Amor, God of Love, Playing Diaulos
LATE 19TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.82 grams, 23.60 mm overall, 16.50 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L 1/2, USA 6, Europe 11.87, Japan 11)).
Comprising a segmented hoop with scroll-shaped shoulders, a hinged oval bezel with a secret compartment, and a bezel decorated with twelve cut diamonds around a central green stone intaglio of a winged Amor standing on a prora playing a diaulos.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Europe.
Acquired on the English art market.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume II, Leeds, 1994, item 1215.
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LOT 0389
Diamond Locket Ring Set with Emerald Intaglio of Amor, God of Love, Playing Diaulos
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
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Post Classical Shell Cameo of a Lady
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Post Medieval Silver Ring with Eros, the God of Love Seated
Circa 18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Flat-section hoop expanding towards the shoulders, a separately made rectangular bezel with seated winged Eros before a woven basket; the shoulder's stamped with '84' and 'A?'. 1.62 grams, 21.05 mm overall, 19.35 x 19.01 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman.
