French, 15th century
The Guillelmus Ring
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July 4, 03:04 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
French, 15th century
The Guillelmus Ring
gold, with remnants of red and green enamel
engraved with the device of an eagle holding a scroll on which is inscribed: Guillelmus; the faceted hoop inscribed: mon soul dezir (mon seul desir; my unique will or aspiration)
28mm., 1⅛in.
internal diameter: 25mm., 1in.
weight: 33g
Found in the sand at the Port St Bernard, Paris, circa 1875;
Baron Jérôme-Frédéric Pichon, Paul Chevallier, Hôtel Drouot, 24 April-1 May 1897, lot 42, 2900 FF;
where acquired by George Harding, 18 St James’ Square, London SW1;
Henry Oppenheimer, Kensington Place Gardens, by 1916;
his sale, Works of Art, Christie’s, London, 15 July 1936, lot 260, £47 5S;
German private collection, circa 1980-2006;
English private collection since 2006
Baron Jérôme-Frédéric Pichon, Paul Chevallier, Hôtel Drouot, 24 April-1 May 1897, lot 42, 2900 FF;
where acquired by George Harding, 18 St James’ Square, London SW1;
Henry Oppenheimer, Kensington Place Gardens, by 1916;
his sale, Works of Art, Christie’s, London, 15 July 1936, lot 260, £47 5S;
German private collection, circa 1980-2006;
English private collection since 2006
London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, A Collection of British Heraldic Art etc, Case J, 1916, lent by Henry Oppenheimer [an impression of the seal is in the British Library from that exhibition: CLXI.6]
'Collection of Baron J.Pichon’, La Chronique des arts et de la curiousité, 8 May 1897, p. 179;
Catalogue of a Collection of British Heraldic Art to the End of the Tudor Period, exh. cat. Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1916, p.101;
M. Deloche, La Bague en France, 1929, Paris, p.19, no. 58, plate IV;
J. Evans, English Posies and Posy Rings, London, 1931, p.11;
D. Scarisbrick, Towards an Art History of Medieval Rings: a private collection, London, 2007, p. 16
Catalogue of a Collection of British Heraldic Art to the End of the Tudor Period, exh. cat. Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1916, p.101;
M. Deloche, La Bague en France, 1929, Paris, p.19, no. 58, plate IV;
J. Evans, English Posies and Posy Rings, London, 1931, p.11;
D. Scarisbrick, Towards an Art History of Medieval Rings: a private collection, London, 2007, p. 16
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