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LOT 2040
Georgian Gold Ring with Silver Skull
19TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (2.93 grams, 25.00 mm overall, 16.81 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)).
Beaded wire hoop with applied silver skull motif; usage wear to inner face.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Europe.
Acquired on the English art market.
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LOT 2040
Georgian Gold Ring with Silver Skull
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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Russian Orthodox Enamelled Bronze Travel Icon with the Birth of the Virgin
19th century A.D.Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
Presenting an architectural setting with figures in two chambers framed with cornices, columns and furnitures; the upper chamber showing Saint Anna in birthing bed with two attendants; the lower room with two attendants bathing an infant; on the right Saint Joachim seated upon a cathedra; Old Slavonic inscription reciting ‘The birth of the most holy mother of God’. 230 grams, 98 mm
Acquired from Chris Martin-Zakheim, Iconastas, 5 Piccadilly Arcade, London SW1. From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.
According to the Protoevangelium of James, Mary's parents were called Anna and Joachim and conceived Mary at a late age. -
Neoclassical Citrine Gemstone with Putto and Goose
18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Plano-convex type with incuse scene of a putto kneeling on an arrow with one leg extended over it, holding the flight-feather of a bird in one hand and encouraging a goose to feed from the other hand; with traces of copper tooling; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.32 grams, 12 mm
Private English collection, formed between the late 1970s and early 1990s. Private collection, London, UK.
Perhaps the putto is encouraging the goose to approach him so that he can pluck its flight-feathers for use on the shafts of his arrows. -
Two Hellenistic Style Gold and Enamelled Rosettes
20th century A.D.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
Each formed as a tubular neck pierced four times underneath an applied pelleted border, supporting two flower-shaped thin plaques with raised rim, enclosing a central flower formed from coiled wires with green and white enamel, surrounded by applied wires with arrow-shaped finials. 19.16 grams total, 31-21 mm
Ingrid McAlpine, 1939-2018. with McAlpine, circa 1994. with Woolley & Wallis, Sailsbury, 19 September 2019, no.1978. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13164-249666.
