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LOT 0414
Elizabethan Gold Ring with Diamond Crystal
CIRCA 16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (2.98 grams, 24.46 mm overall, 16.75 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5 3/4, Europe 11.24, Japan 10)).
Composed of a quatrefoil bezel set with a point-cut diamond, raised and chased shoulders displaying volutes, billeting and pellets, with trace remains of black enamel.
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.201075.
Cf. Scarisbrick, D., Rings: Jewelry Of Power, Love and Loyalty, Thames & Hudson, London, 2013, pp.306-307, for similar rings and diamonds; cf. The V&A Museum, accession numbers M.220-1975 and 934-1871, for broadly comparable examples.
FootnotesThe point-cut diamond was oftentimes used by the wearer to engrave a personal motto or message onto a pane of glass.
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Gilt Painted Wooden Icon of Saint Paraskevi
Circa 19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Depicting a richly dressed facing figure, crowned and nimbate, winged angels on clouds flanking the head; holding a cross in her right hand and a scroll in her proper left arm bearing handwritten Slavic script of the Nicene Creed; additional Slavic script with her name across the right and left fields. 854 grams, 31 cm
The timber shows some old insect flight holes and we are advised that this piece has been recently treated with Permthrin, as a precaution.
Ex French gallery, Paris.
Saint Paraskevi is usually depicted holding an Eastern Cross and a scroll with the words from the Nicene Creed (here, in old Slavonic: Верую во единаго Бога Отца, Вседержителя, Творца небу и земли,видимым же всем и невидимым = We believe in one God, the Father, the almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen), professing her faith in another while being crowned with the crown of the martyrdom by two angels. -
Post Medieval Silver Ring Group
16th-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
One with reversed legend 'NIKO / 1877 / MI'; one with served octofoil. 7.13 grams total, 21 mm each
From the collection of an EU gentleman formed in the early 2000s. Acquired on the UK market. -
Post Medieval Glazed Ceramic Chamber Pot
Circa 18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Composed of a gently rounded body, tapering handle and discoid foot. 1.18 kg, 18 cm wide
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
