Framed Watercolour Painting

Very heavy high-carat merchants ring with oval bezel bearing heraldic helmet and shield design with a chevron below two mullets and an eagle's head at the base; the helmet with luxurious looped mantle and crest of a human bust; to the underside, an incuse panel with reserved swan on a textured field probably a device alluding to the family name. 17.61 grams, 23.28 mm overall, 17.93 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)



From a 1990s private collection. Property of a European gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11909-207247.

The arms appear to be a variant of those used by Adam de Cretinge in the Dering Roll of the late 13th century.

Carved marble statuette of a nude male standing with arms extended laterally and legs together; socket to each shoulder and the neck; red pigment accentuating the musculature. 1.2 kg, 25.5 cm



Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.

With beaded wire borders, inset lapis lazuli cabochons, filigree arcading and central carnelian cabochon. 9.38 grams, 54 mm



From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.