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LOT 1955
Gold Snake Bracelet Group
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
2 3/4 - 2 7/8 in. (72 grams total, 69-73 mm).
Comprising three coiled gold bracelets with stylised snake head detailing. [3]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11888-200712.
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LOT 1955
Gold Snake Bracelet Group
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
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Elizabethan Gold Heraldic 'Swan Family' Signet Ring
16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £14,300
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. -
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Silver Memento Mori Ring with Skull and Snakes
19th century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £390
With D-section hoop expanding at the shoulders to a facetted bezel, openwork flower bud to each shoulder, incised hatched triangles to the scooped facets above, 'MORS' inscribed to the upper panel, 'SOIFI' to the lower; pale gold insert to central cell engraved with a skull amid entwined snakes. 10.11 grams, 26.62 mm overall, 18.12 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)
Fine condition. Resized.
Acquired since before 1970. Ex private collection of a West Sussex, UK, collector. -
Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
20th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £20
Restrung; composed of biconical lapis lazuli beads of graduated size. 5.8 grams total, 52 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
