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LOT 2361
Post Medieval Silver and Bronze Ring Group
CIRCA 19TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 - 1 1/4 in. (42 grams total, 22-33 mm).
Including a signet ring with an inset glass jewel to each shoulder and profile bust of Sol, and other types. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the 1990s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
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LOT 2361
Post Medieval Silver and Bronze Ring Group
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Post Medieval Silver Skull Pendant
20th century A.D.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Modelled in the three-quarter view with hollow eye sockets and nasal cavity, detailed upper teeth and a large suspension loop on the top. 50.3 grams, 50 mm
Acquired on the European art market. UK, private collection. -
Stuart Period Silver-Gilt Claddagh Ring
17th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
D-section hoop with bezel formed as two hands encircling a heart with hatched cuffs and a crown above the thumbs. 5.98 grams, 23.63 mm overall, 19.72 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T 1/2, USA 9 3/4, Europe 21.89, Japan 21)
Acquired in the 1970s-1980s. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector. -
Bezoar with Silver-Gilt Suspension Mount
Circa 17th-18th century A.D.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Dark brown, rounded bezoar with a granular surface, fitted with a domed silver-gilt cap and circular suspension loop, the cap decorated with pointed leaves, their outlines and central veins defined against textured grounds. 74 grams, 80 mm
Acquired 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.13478-263372.
Bezoars were valued in European and Asian medicinal traditions for their supposed ability to counteract poison. Natural examples are concretions formed around indigestible material within the digestive systems of animals. Their historical reputation is reflected in the name, derived from the Persian p ādzahr, meaning “antidote”. During the early modern period, bezoars were furnished with precious-metal caps, cages and containers. Mounted examples could be worn as protective pendants, suspended for medicinal use, or preserved among the natural specimens and costly objects assembled in cabinets of curiosities. The present leaf-decorated cap belongs to this tradition of combining a valued specimen with ornamental metalwork. Surviving comparisons include a 17th-century brown bezoar pendant in a silver mount at the London Museum and an 18th-century silver-mounted example in the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid. These documents the continued use of silver mounts for bezoars across both centuries and provide the historical setting for the present example.
