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LOT 0328
Renaissance Gold Ring with Gem
16TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (2.75 grams, 22.97 mm overall, 15.54 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I 1/2, USA 4 1/2, Europe 8.07, Japan 7)).
Comprising a slender hoop with scroll-decorated shoulders, a high hexagonal colette setting with a point-cut rock crystal with foil backing.
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market.
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Hardstone Cameo of a Muse in Ring
Italy, 18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
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. -
Gold Tie Pin with EEN
Circa 1860 A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Formed from a round-section shaft twisted to the centre, an oval bezel with a wide rim and ornate letters 'EEN' under plano-convex crystal in profile; maker's mark 'JB' to the underside, for John Brogden. 7.04 grams, 96 mm
Private collection, Europe. Acquired on the English art market. -
Slipware Frog 'Loving Cup' Named Tom Frozon
Halifax, England, 1868 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
The two-handled pottery cup named and dated in slip 'Tom Frozon 1868' on the side; a frog located inside the base to surprise the unwary drinker; an exceptional example made at Howcans Pottery, Halifax, Yorkshire. 938 grams, 21.5 cm wide
From the Martin Harrison collection, North Wales. Ex John Howard, English pottery specialist. Property of a Kent, UK, lady collector. Accompanied by a copy of the John Howard catalogue listing.
