Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:: 15 July 1924

Reference:: WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/606

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$200 203 204 207 \ . \ ; ic) \—~ 208 ' \ : £209 ; (} ) pi 210 Py VARIOUS CURIOUS RINGS. A horn and gold Siamese Ring ; a Chinese large jade Ring ; a carnelian Ring; a large agate Ring; a Madagascar of wooden Ring ; seven others in bone and three in glass ; . and a Friendly Islands Ring in whalebone and silk 16 / ‘ An Ashantee gold Ring, the bezel like a four-leaf clover, Lo. formerly belonging to King Prempeh A late 18th century French gold Ring, with large hexagonal aa) GA bezel, enamelled and set with a watch, within a oe of pearls, in case, with key pY, A gold 18th century Ring, with enamelled bezel, set with a i ip compass es f An English 18th century gold Ring, set with Brazilian diamonds in the form of a heart and crown, inscribed * a (a) inside ‘* Lady H.S., from W. Pitt,” a present to L ady ° Hester Stanhope, in case , —e with a female face masked between which swings a hollow rosette bezel, probably a of poison ring ; and a Spanish gold Ring, the bezeke pee ]/¢ s Jo | | Sixteen various unsorted Rings, some scarce [Xx ai Ee RINGS WITH NO SPECIAL SIGNIFICATION. = Various Italian Rings, 138th to 16th century, in silver (4), és iron (2), lead and bronze (25), an interesting lot BO Various later Italian Rings, mostly set with stones or pastes, gel in silver (15) and bronze (15) 30 / Four Venetian base gold Rings, three set with cameos ; five large Spanish Rings, one in silver, set with pastes ; a silver Danish snake Ring; and another, Ph Swiss Various Eastern European, Turkish and North African 73 a Rings, in silver (27) and bronze (8), many curious — 35 Various French Rings, mostly 18th and 19th century, in varying types 24$

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