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LOT 0379
Stuart Period Gold and Enamel Ring with Citrine-Coloured Table-Cut Paste
ENGLAND, MID-17TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (2.58 grams, 22.63 mm overall, 17.40 x 15.66 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)).
Set with a vivid orange-yellow table-cut paste in a raised octagonal collet, turquoise-coloured enamel decorating the bezel; the hoop chased with diagonal ornament, with remains of light-blue enamel.
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market.
UK, private collection.
The projecting collet and table-cut paste belong to the seventeenth-century tradition of enamelled gemstone and imitation gem rings.
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LOT 0379
Stuart Period Gold and Enamel Ring with Citrine-Coloured Table-Cut Paste
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£750 (EUR 870; USD 1,013) +BP*
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Egyptian Style Metropolitan Museum Reproduction Group
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Opening Bid: £5
Larger and smaller glazed hippopotamus figures with black pigment Egyptian designs to the flanks. 759 grams total, 7.4-19 cm
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Bedouin Silver-Coloured Ring with Glass Cabochon
20th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
The hoop with raised pellet decoration, an openwork bezel set with a vibrant red glass cabochon. 12.47 grams, 33.30 mm overall, 18.34 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)
Ex West London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Old Master Drawing of a Kneeling Boy, Italian School
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Opening Bid: £200
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Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Harwich, UK, collector.
