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LOT 0329
Post Medieval Gold 'More Assured then Professed' Posy Ring
CIRCA 18TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (2.42 grams, 18.46 mm overall, 16.65 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5 3/4, Europe 11.24, Japan 10)).
A gold posy ring with D-section band, inscribed internally with 'More assured then professed' with long S's in lower case with small foliate scroll after. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK antiques market between 1974-1985.
Albert Ward collection, Essex, UK.
See Evans, J., English Posies and Posy Rings, London, 1931, for many examples.
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LOT 0329
Post Medieval Gold 'More Assured then Professed' Posy Ring
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
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Opening Bid: £300
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Tudor Period Ring with Armorial Intaglio
Circa 16th-17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
A copper-alloy ring composed of a slightly convex hoop and octagonal bezel, set with an armorial glass intaglio; remains of polychrome enamelled cells to the vertical bezel edge. 4.95 grams, 26.72 mm overall, 21.47 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U, USA 10, Europe 22.52, Japan 21)
Found Cambridgeshire in the 1990s. -
Post Medieval Wooden Painted Head of St John
Late 16th century A.D.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,500
A wooden head mounted on a waisted octagonal plinth base, the head modelled naturalistically in the round and retaining extensive areas of polychrome detailing, pigmentation and gilding. 4.2 kg total, 38 cm high including stand
Ex private Dutch collection. English private collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11673-199836.
The timber shows some old insect flight holes and we are advised that this piece has been recently treated with Permethrin, as a precaution.
