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Stuart Period Gold Ring with Jupiter Gemstone Stuart Period Gold Ring with Jupiter Gemstone Stuart Period Gold Ring with Jupiter Gemstone
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LOT 1903

Stuart Period Gold Ring with Jupiter Gemstone

17TH CENTURY A.D.

1 in. (7.64 grams, 24.67 mm overall, 17.09 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)).

Bezel with petal detailing extending to the underside and shoulders, inset onyx intaglio with figure of Jupiter seated on a throne with perching eagle and flame in his extended hand; supplied with a museum-quality impression.

Provenance

Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate no.12349-222567.

Published

Exhibited at the Harwich Museum, Harwich, Essex, UK, 12th March-9th June 2025; accompanied by a copy of a photograph of the artefacts on display.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, items 787,790; Scarisbrick, D., Rings, Jewelry of Power, Love and Loyalty, London, 2013, figs.253,254, for the type.

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LOT 1903

Stuart Period Gold Ring with Jupiter Gemstone

Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,860

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