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LOT 0404
Post Medieval Enamelled Gold Ring with Table-Cut Rock Crystal Gemstone
NETHERLANDS, 17TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (3.10 grams, 23.84 mm overall, 17.41 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)).
D-section hoop with carinated profile, ribbing to the shoulders, square bezel with arcade detailing to the base, and inset table-cut crystal.
ProvenanceBy repute from Maastricht, Netherlands.
Acquired on the European art market.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, items 688, 694, for type.
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LOT 0404
Post Medieval Enamelled Gold Ring with Table-Cut Rock Crystal Gemstone
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,560
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Published Iron 'Peerman' Splint Holder
Austria, 18th century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
The sprung nip on a tall stem wrought with three S-scrolls for holding spare splints, on a tripod base. 1.7 kg, 68.7 cm
Ex Nic McElhatton, former chairman of Christie's South Kensington. Property of a Berkshire, UK, collector. Accompanied by a copy of McElhatton's cataloguing page. Accompanied by copies of the relevant book pages where published. -
Post Medieval Marble Portrait of a Man
17th-18th century A.D.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,500
Modelled in the round with a frowning expression, a triangular face with angular features and thick banded hair; recessed to the top of the head. 35.1 kg, 41 cm high including stand
Private collection, England. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13082-249677.
From the late 17th century until around the 1760s, classical nostalgia and the viewing and recording of classical remains became major occupations for aristocratic young men who went on the ‘Grand Tour’. In Rome, for example, some British visitors counted and measured the huge number of ancient columns and obelisks still visible in the city. The wealthiest brought back antiquities, including stones with Latin inscriptions, and redesigned their gardens to display them. More significantly, such travels also encouraged those who went to redefine their own origins and native identities within a wider European context. The taste for the reproductions of ancient monuments involved also the sculptures of Middle Age. -
WWI Trench Art Wooden Walking Stick
1914-1918 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Carved as the staff or 'Rod of Asclepius' with a snake curled around the staff and inscribed 'IN MEMORY OF GREAT EUROPEAN WAR'; chip-carved median band and differential staining. 389 grams, 85 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
'Trench Art' refers to decorated objects made by soldiers from the debris of war and serving as souvenirs and pastimes.
