Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
07-08 July 1924
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/601
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    107 108 109 110 ty 2 112 113 13 First Day A Greek Necklace in fine gold chain, with lapis and - pearl spherical pendants, the gold chain carried in graceful loops nearly the whole length of the necklace, a very beautiful example af ancient goldsmith’s craft, in leather case ] ornamental pieces of gold, interspersed with oval and drop- shaped garnets, and with three gold drop pendants ] Fifteen miscellaneous Intaglios, in various hard stones: carne- lian, crystal, lapis, etc., many with interesting designs 15 Nine others, of similar type; two rough Pearls, cameo cut; and nine paste Intaglios, ete. 20 Twenty miscellaneous Intaglios, in carnelian, crystal, jasper, amethyst and agate, comprising many interesting subjects, some antique 20 Twenty-two Intaglios and Cameos, in various hard stones, including classical designs, portraits, etc., some antique 22 Thirty-four miscellaneous Cameos and Intaglios, in various hard stones and paste Sui 34 Four Greek and Greco-Roman paste Cameos, consisting of an actor’s mask, two lions’ heads and an equestrian figure; a vesica-shaped carnelian Intaglio of Eros, Roman; and an oval Intaglio, with figure of Juno (2?) with the eagle of Jupiter 6 Fifteen Cameos and Intaglios, in various hard stones and paste, some antique, an interesting lot 15 A beautifully cut oval Cameo of Mary Queen of Scots, in moonstone, 1 27. long; AN OVAL CAMEO PORTRAIT HEAD OF GrorGE III, WHEN PRINCE OF WALES, in white paste, 1#7n. long ; and two oval Intaglios, in agate carnelian, beautifully engraved in Persian characters, both silver- mounted, 24 in. and 14 in. long 4 form, the sixth vesica-shaped, one is of Bernardi Guidonis 6 MINDER HAUT ‘6 2 B 3
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