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LOT 1858
Tudor Period Silver-Gilt Ring with Cabochons
CIRCA 16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (1.20 grams, 20.14 mm overall, 17.97 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O 1/2, USA 7 1/4 Europe 15.61, Japan 15)).
With three radiating cells and foliage detailing, inset ruby and turquoise gemstones. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s.
From the private collection of a Northern Ireland gentleman.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.
Cf. Oman, C.C., British Rings 800-1914, London, 1974, pl.29(B), for type.
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Post Medieval 'Thames' Bronze Artefact Collection
Circa 17th-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Comprising: a decorative lock escutcheon, bodkin; seal ring bearing pricked dot design to bezel and pipe tamper to the hoop; ring with screw-fitted pipe tamper. 60.6 grams total, 4.3-12.5 cm
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK. -
North African Framed Qur'an Manuscript Leaf
Late 19th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Written in Maghribi script with polychrome vocals and diacritics, red border framing the text; mounted in a reveal and a glazed wooden frame. 456 grams, 27.5 x 22.5 cm
Fine condition.
From Morocco, North Africa. Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
Originally produced as part of a now disbound Qur'an produced in North Africa, likely in a provincial town. The origins of the script in which it is written date back to 7th century Kairouan, when the Kufic script developed in the East and the Maghribi script in North Africa, today used predominantly in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria. -
Large Stuart Period Gold Heraldic Signet Ring with 'Scottish Rothesay Family' Arms
17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
With a D-section hoop flaring out to an oval bezel bearing the engraved incuse arms 'party per fess, two fleurs-de-lys and chequy (in four rows of six pieces)' with bird-head crest above and foliate tendrils at sides. 14.20 grams, 24.10 mm overall, 20.80 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V 1/2, USA 10 3/4, Europe 24.4, Japan 23)
From a 1990s private collection. Property of a European gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11907-205633.
While linking this ring firmly to a branch of a family requires further research, the combination of two fleurs-de-lys with a partial chequy in a coat of arms is connected to the badge of the Rothesay Herald of Arms and also to the Dukes of Rothesay, sons of the Kings of Scotland and with the dukedom first conferred on David, eldest son of Robert III, in 1398 A.D. and the office of Herald passing down to the present day; the arms on this ring could perhaps be connected to this dukedom or office.
