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LOT 0381
Grand Tour Relief with Satyrs
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
14 1/2 in. (5.7 kg total, 37 cm high including stand).
A satyr Bacchus themed plaque featuring a nude woman and child with goat's legs and hooves, set in a formal landscape, the child holding bunches of grapes, a bearded male figure dressed in animal skins beside them; wax seal applied to the reverse; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceEnglish private collection.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11685-199804.
Possibly loosely based on C.M. Clodion's works.
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LOT 0381
Grand Tour Relief with Satyrs
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000€4,640 - 6,960 (for guidance only)$5,400 - 8,100 (for guidance only)
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Stuart Period Gold Renaissance Memento Mori Signet Ring with C.L. and Skull
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A substantial gold signet ring composed of a lentoid-section hoop, expanding capital style shaped shoulders and irregular octagonal bezel engraved with a skull, two flowers below separating the reversed initials in capitals: 'CL', framed by a beaded border. 15.65 grams, 27.14 mm overall, 22.68 mm internal diameter (approximate size British X, USA 11 1/2, Europe 26.29, Japan 25)
Acquired in the 1980s. Property of a London gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11664-197587.
Signet rings were jewellery items serving practical functions, and were pressed into hot wax to seal letters and packets. Personal seals or secreta acted as a legal safeguard, since they were used to witness wills, loans, commercial, personal and other documents. Such rings were often engraved with a coat of arms, initials, merchant's mark or some other personal symbol. Painted portraits of this period portray the wearer with the signet ring on the thumb or forefinger, allowing for practical use. Skulls on rings were potent symbols of mortality. 'Memento mori' or 'remember that you must die' imagery served as a reminder to the Christian of the need to keep their soul in good order for the final judgment.
