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Two gold and intaglio rings
Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
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Description
the first French, circa 1820, inset with a rectangular amethyst intaglio engraved with a sundered snake and the motto: se rejoindre ou mourir, flower-chased shank; the second with an oval amethyst intaglio carved with a putto riding a dolphin, reeded shoulders
Catalogue Note
For the recurring image of Eros riding a dolphin, see
Georg Lippold, Gemmen und Kameen des Altertums und der Neuzeit, Stuttgart, 1922, pl.CXXV, no. 2.