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LOT 0372
Stuart Period Gold Ring with Roman Carnelian Gemstone of Mercury
CIRCA 17TH CENTURY A.D., INTAGLIO 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (2.87 grams, 24.61 mm overall, 18.76 x 21.81 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)).
With intricately engraved shoulders, with floral design, filled with the remains of black enamel; the bezel with a discoid intaglio standing figure of Mercury in profile, with marsupium in one extended hand and caduceus supported in the crook of the other arm with chlamys draped from the shoulder.
ProvenanceEx Peter Szuhay, Mayfair, London, UK.
Private collection, 1980s.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London, UK.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13487-262460.
See Provincia di Venezia, Piccolo mondo antico, la collezione glittica torcellana, Venezia, 2014, p.12.
FootnotesOn such gems, the god is usually depicted standing, with his head in profile and accompanied by his attributes: he holds a purse, a marsupium, in one hand, while the caduceus is tucked under his arm, wrapped in his cloak. Mercury was the patron of commerce and merchants, but also of thieves; the purse represented profit.
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LOT 0372
Stuart Period Gold Ring with Roman Carnelian Gemstone of Mercury
Estimate £1,800 - 2,400€2,090 - 2,780 (for guidance only)$2,430 - 3,240 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£900 (EUR 1,044; USD 1,215) +BP*
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Post Medieval Bronze Button Group
Circa 16th-20th century A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Various types including discoid with pierced lug, spherical, domed and other types. 1.75 kg total, 9-27 mm
Found Suffolk, UK. (UK buyers only, not for export) -
Framed Antique Photographs
20th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising two framed antique photos on a hand-painted field, one with 'Frankreich' inscription to the paper and a photo of a man sitting behind a horned trophy animal; one with a large group of men standing in front of a state in a historical courtyard. 1.23 kg total, 29 x 28 - 31.6 x 26.5 cm
Private collection, London, UK. -
Post Medieval Gold Mourning Ring with Skull
England, dated 1725 A.D.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
With a chased hoop engraved externally: 'L: ROGERS.OB:19.AUG:1725.AET:22', fluted octagonal bezel set with an onyx intaglio engraved with an intertwined LR monogram and a skull and crossbones, triangular shoulders with small silver settings. 2.30 grams, 21.23 mm overall, 18.06 x 15.80 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)
Acquired on the European art market. UK, private collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13499-263472.
The memento mori jewellery of the 16th-18th centuries served as wearable ‘reminders of mortality’. Typical motifs within this genre included skulls, skeletons, crossbones, hourglasses, coffins, the gravedigger’s pick and shovel, and various other emblems of death and decay.
