Renaissance Gold Ring with Gem

Comprising: original photo print of an astronaut with press and others around him, endorsed 'NASA For Release: February 22, 1962. NASA Photo No. 62-MA6-119. Cape Canaveral, FLA. Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr after world orbital flight, surrounded by fellow Astronauts Donald K Slayton and M. Scott Carpenter'; rocket lifting off from launch pad, endorsed 'John F. Kennedy Space Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899. Photo Credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration..... Photo No 126P-KSC-67P-122 For Release March 22, 1967 Kennedy Space Center, FLA -- A Delta launch vehicle carrying an Intelsat 11communications satellite lifted off at 20:30 EST from Cape Kennedy's Launch Complex 17. NASA launched the satellite for the 56-nation International Telecommunication Satellite Consortium. The new commercial communications satellite will be placed into a stationary orbit above the Atlantic Ocean and will relay telephone, television, teletype and facsimile transmissions between North America and Europe. It also will provide communications support for NASA's Apollo lunar landing program. Two previous Intelsat satellites linked the United States mainland with the Pacific, the new one joins Early Bird, the world's first commercial communications satellite over the Atlantic; Saturn V rocket ready for lift-off, endorsed 'John F. Kennedy Space Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899. Photo Credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration.....107-KSC-68P-120 UNCL.4-4-68. NASA/SATURN. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's second unmanned Apollo/Saturn V space vehicle was launched today at 7:00 AM EST from Kennedy Space Center's Complex 39. Saturn 502'; original print of an astronaut on the surface of the moon with Lunar Roving Vehicle in foreground, notation 'NASA AS15-85-11437' to top left, no endorsement. 71 grams total, 25 x 20.4 - 25.4 x 20.5 cm



Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Harwich, UK, collector.

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.

Black stone intaglio featuring a kneeling satyr before a grapevine, holding a large goblet in his right hand and a thyrsus in the crook of his left arm, a wine amphora behind him; set in a gold ring; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.51 grams, 22.29 mm overall, 19.70 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)



Acquired on the European art market.