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LOT 0355
Holy Roman Empire Gold Signet Ring with Carnelian Intaglio
GERMANY, 18TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.64 grams, 24.89 mm overall, 21.56 x 17.76 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U, USA 10, Europe 22.52, Japan 21)).
Comprising a fluted band with openwork shoulders set with facetted rock crystals, rub-over setting engraved with floral motifs on the reverse and set with a red carnelian intaglio carved with the coat of arms of the owner; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market.
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LOT 0355
Holy Roman Empire Gold Signet Ring with Carnelian Intaglio
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£750 (EUR 870; USD 1,013) +BP*
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Hardstone Cameo of a Muse in Ring
Italy, 18th century A.D.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £1,400
Carved in two-coloured red and brown agate, depicting a classical muse in right-facing profile with flowing hair, and drapery, the laurel wreath identifying her as an embodiment of poetic or artistic inspiration; the cameo set in a 19th-century mount with a border of single-cut diamonds set in platinum, a pierced, open-backed construction and bifurcated shoulders enriched with classical leaf motifs. 6.47 grams, 25.88 mm overall, 16.12 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J 1/2, USA 5, Europe 9.32, Japan 9)
Acquired on the European art market. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13327-257906.
The union of an eighteenth-century Italian gem engraving with a later English mount reflects a broader nineteenth-century practice of integrating earlier engraved gems into newly conceived settings. -
European Garnet Flower Pendant
18th century A.D.Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £122
Translucent purple-red carving of a six-petalled flower, slightly concave underside, pierced lug above. 4.43 grams, 29 mm
Acquired on the European art market. -
Renaissance Gold and Enamelled Crucifix Pendant
Spain, 16th century A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
The limp body of Christ hanging from the cross, wearing an enamelled loincloth, the bones of Adam at his feet; above his head a plaque mocking the saviour, hung by Pilate with the initials ‘INRI’, an abbreviation of the Latin ‘Iēsus Nazarēnus, Rēx Iūdaeōrum’, translating as 'Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews’; carefully rendered three-dimensional cross imitating the grain, knots and stumps of the wood, a baroque pearl suspended from both arms and the base of the cross. 8.56 grams, 75 mm
Acquired on the European art market. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13402-257995.
