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LOT 2306
Roman Style Gold Earring Pair with Garnets
20TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (4.04 grams total, 49 mm).
Each a triangular plaque with filigree border, central cell with inset garnet cabochon surrounded by applied filigree annulets, transverse bar below with discoid dangles. [2]
Provenancewith Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.
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LOT 2306
Roman Style Gold Earring Pair with Garnets
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
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Georgian Silver Christian 'To You Lord I Lift Up My Soul' Triskele Ring
18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Flat-section hoop with inner sleeve; voided cross to each shoulder and incised blackletter script legend 'AD TE LEVAVI ANIMAM MEAM' ('To You Lord I Lift Up My Soul'); discoid bezel with beaded rim, high-relief triskele of bent legs with mask to the centre. 12.5 grams, 29.44 mm overall, 21.23 mm internal diameter (approximate size British X, USA 11 1/2, Europe 26.29, Japan 25)
Ex Arundel, East Sussex, UK, private collection, 1970s-2000.
The text is the intro from the first Sunday of Advent. The triskele with central gorgoneion is the heraldic badge of the island of Sicily. -
Post Medieval Bronze Satyr Mount
Circa 19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Modelled in the round in a dynamic pose as a crouching figure with goat legs and horns, grotesque head and extended arms, standing on an oval base with a socket below. 69 grams, 72 mm
From the collection of a Hertfordshire, UK, gentleman. Property of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Ottoman Style Silver-Coloured Metal Ring with Blue Cabochon
19th-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising a D-section hoop with expanding shoulders decorated with geometric motifs within raised borders, set with a blue cabochon, possibly sodalite. 8.31 grams, 30.32 mm overall, 20.06 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)
Prior English collection of Mr A.H.D. Property of a West Northamptonshire, UK, gentleman. Accompanied by an Ancient Art certificate of authenticity.
