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LOT 1444
Victorian Gold Ring with Portrait Gemstone
19TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.75 grams, 26.60 mm overall, 17.78 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O 1/2, USA 7 1/4, Europe 15.61, Japan 15)).
A gold finger ring with pie-dish bezel and pellets to the rim, inset sardonyx with intaglio female bust.
ProvenanceEnglish private collection.
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LOT 1444
Victorian Gold Ring with Portrait Gemstone
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Stuart Period Gold Renaissance Memento Mori Signet Ring with C.L. and Skull
17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £19,500
A substantial gold signet ring composed of a lentoid-section hoop, expanding capital style shaped shoulders and irregular octagonal bezel engraved with a skull, two flowers below separating the reversed initials in capitals: 'CL', framed by a beaded border. 15.65 grams, 27.14 mm overall, 22.68 mm internal diameter (approximate size British X, USA 11 1/2, Europe 26.29, Japan 25)
Acquired in the 1980s. Property of a London gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11664-197587.
Signet rings were jewellery items serving practical functions, and were pressed into hot wax to seal letters and packets. Personal seals or secreta acted as a legal safeguard, since they were used to witness wills, loans, commercial, personal and other documents. Such rings were often engraved with a coat of arms, initials, merchant's mark or some other personal symbol. Painted portraits of this period portray the wearer with the signet ring on the thumb or forefinger, allowing for practical use. Skulls on rings were potent symbols of mortality. 'Memento mori' or 'remember that you must die' imagery served as a reminder to the Christian of the need to keep their soul in good order for the final judgment. -
Roman Style Seated Putti
17th-19th century A.D. or earlierEstimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
A carved stone scene depicting a male and female putti pair seated on a globe, one figure holding a cornucopia; on a rectangular base. 17.6 kg, 40 cm high
English private collection. -
Elizabethan Boat-Shaped Pendant with Putti
16th-early 17th century A.D.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £475
A gold pendant formed as a crescent frame with vertical bar and two outer bands; bar with trefoil finial, pierced for suspension; crescent with pierced lugs to the lower edge and wire dangles; outer bands with putto mask to the centre, frond detailing and green enamelling. 2.77 grams, 27 mm
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