Lot 85
  • 85

Probably Flemish, late 17th century

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • a garnet and sapphire set ring
dot enamelling on the edge of the bezel, scroll shoulders

Condition

Overall condition good with some wear around the collets. The shoulders are engraved with foliat scrolls which were formally enamelled. Traces of black are still visible.
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Catalogue Note

Similar rings are in the British Museum , the Musée des Arts Decoratifs in Paris and the Provincial Musea Antwerp which suggests a Flemish origin. The present example is unusual in that it incorporates two different stones. 

RELATED LITERATURE:
A.B.Chadour, The Louis and Alice Kock Collection : Rings, Leeds, 1994, Vol I nos.79-782