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Stuart Period Gold, Rock Crystal and White Enamel Ring Stuart Period Gold, Rock Crystal and White Enamel Ring Stuart Period Gold, Rock Crystal and White Enamel Ring Stuart Period Gold, Rock Crystal and White Enamel Ring Stuart Period Gold, Rock Crystal and White Enamel Ring Stuart Period Gold, Rock Crystal and White Enamel Ring
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LOT 0342

Stuart Period Gold, Rock Crystal and White Enamel Ring

17TH CENTURY A.D.

3/4 in. (1.89 grams, 21.50 mm overall, 16.63 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L 1/2, USA 6, Europe 11.87, Japan 11)).

A gold ring composed of a slender hoop embellished with tapering, white enamelled shoulders with black enamelled flourishes, fluted box collet setting, set with a pink foil back and table-cut rock crystal; accompanied by a vintage ring box.

Provenance

Valued by Bentley & Skinner, Piccadilly, London W1, 2016.
Property of an East Sussex collector.

Accompanied by a copy of the Bentley & Skinner insurance valuation.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11669-197584.

Literature

Cf. The V&A Museum, accession number 1112-1864, for a similar ring; cf. Oman, C., British Rings 800-1914, London, 1974, pl. 3, for similar rings; cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, Vol.1, Leeds, 1994, items 757-758, for similar; cf. Oman, C., British Rings 800-1914, London, 1974, pl. III, for a similar ring.

Footnotes

The V & A Museum explains that during the '...Renaissance, the ring developed from the simple forms of the medieval period into a miniature work of art, combining the skills of the chaser, engraver and enameller as well as the stone cutter.

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LOT 0342

Stuart Period Gold, Rock Crystal and White Enamel Ring

Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,420

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