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LOT 0366
Post Medieval Enamelled Gold Recusant 'Death’s-Head' Memento Mori Ring
ENGLAND, LATE 16TH–EARLY 17TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (3.43 grams, 19.44 mm overall, 16.81 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)).
With an octagonal bezel centred by a white enamel skull against a black enamel ground, the interior of the hoop engraved in italic script: 'OREMUS PRO FIDELIBUS DEFUNCTIS' for 'Let us pray for the faithful departed'.
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market.
UK, private collection.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13509-263388.
Cf. a comparable ‘memento mori’ ring in PAS, NARC-C45CFC.
FootnotesThe prayer for the faithful departed gives the ring its Catholic devotional character.
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LOT 0366
Post Medieval Enamelled Gold Recusant 'Death’s-Head' Memento Mori Ring
Estimate £3,500 - 4,500€4,060 - 5,220 (for guidance only)$4,730 - 6,080 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£1,750 (EUR 2,030; USD 2,363) +BP*
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Post Medieval Silver Pendant with Chi Rho in Wreath
16th-17th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a discoid body with piecrust edges, central motif a Chi Rho within a wreath; large fluted suspension loop. 6.37 grams, 25 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Renaissance Gold Ring with Emerald
Probably South Germany, circa 1570–1590 A.D.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
Set with a rectangular table-cut emerald in a raised box collet, small petal-shaped projections surrounding the stone, creating a flower-like setting, the bezel supported by chased and pierced foliate scroll shoulders projecting from a slender hoop. 4.26 grams, 26.19 mm overall, 16.36 x 17.38 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5 3/4, Europe 11.24, Japan 10)
Acquired on the European art market. UK, private collection.
The combination of the projecting floral collet, table-cut stone and vegetal shoulders corresponds to late sixteenth-century South German rings, including an emerald ring with a Blütenfassung, or flower setting, in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum. Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, T 4298. -
Egyptian Style Artefact Group
20th century A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: a shabti figure with garbled hieroglyphic text, a reclining Anubis figurine, a carnelian intaglio with a bearded bust, and a large heart scarab with seven lines of hieroglyphic text. 570 grams total, 22-98 mm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. The shabti purchased at Deit el Bahai in March 1975.
