Octagonal medallion in gilded copper, double-sided, with two miniature engravings depicting saints, dating from the 17th century Probably Saint Genevieve for one (a crowned saint holding a spear) Smal[...]
A high-carat gold memento mori mourning ring, dated 1692. English, late 17th century.Ring size U 1/2 UK / 10.25 US / 63 EU.Weighs 3.7 grams.The exterior or the ring features an incised skull in a thre[...]
A gold and enamel slide depicting Mars and Venus.
French, second half of the 17th century.
Measures 2.9 x 2.4cm.
Weighs 2.5 grams.
The slide is decorated in polychrome enamels, the front w[...]
A silver champlevé enamel skull ring.
Northern Europe, 17th century.
Ring size N UK / 6.75 US / 54 EU.
The bezel is decorated in champlevé enamels depicting a stylised skull.
The plaque ap[...]
A diamond set gold betrothal ring.
Dutch, mid 17th century.
Ring size P UK / 7.5 US / 56 EU.
Weighs 3.1 grams.
The ring is centred with a heart set with a table cut diamond, clutched by tw[...]
A Renaissance gold and enamel pendant featuring a cameo of Christ and the Virgin.
Italian, Late 16th / early 17th Century.
Measures 4.6 x 3.2 x 0.7 cm.
Weighs 25 grams.
The heliotrope [...]
A large gold and enamel pendant in the manner of Giuseppe Bruno.
Sicilian, late 17th century.
Measures 7 x 6 x 0.3cm (excluding loose bail).
Weighs 31.1 grams.
The heavily enamelled g[...]
A Large silver mounted heart shaped rock crystal amulet.
German, 17th century.
Measures 10 x 5.5 x 1.2cm.
This rare form of amulet was worn to scare away ill fortune particularly from childre[...]
A gold and emerald pendant in the form of a salamander.
Iberian or Spanish Colonial, late 17th - early 18th century.
Measures 6.7 x 3.4cm
Weighs 10.4 grams.
The high carat gold pendant in [...]
A gold and enamel pendant decorated with the Virgin and Child with Saints.
Sicilian, second half of the 17th century.
Measures 5.6 x 4.1cm (excluding loose bail).
Weighs 24.1 grams.
Com[...]
A gold, enamel pendant set with a coral figure of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Trapani, Sicily, early 17th century.
Measures 7.5 x 4.4cm.
Weighs 13.7 grams.
The high carat gold pendant is[...]
A table cut diamond cross pendant.
Northern Europe, late 17th century.
Measures 6.7 x 3.7cm.
Weighs 14.3 grams.
The articulated high carat gold cross is pierced and decorated with scrolls[...]
A small devotional pendant with the Magi.
German, circa 1700.
Measures 3 x 2.1cm.
The small pendant, mounted in silver is set with enamelled plaques decorated to one side the adoration of the[...]
A blue enamelled gold and diamond ring.
English, second half of the 17th century.
Ring size N 1/2 UK / 7 US.
Weighs 2.7 grams.
The bezel measures 0.8 x 0.6cm.
Examples with similar[...]
A silver gilt mounted jet Manu Fica amulet.
Spanish, mid 17th century.
Measures 5 x 3 x 1.8cm (excluding loose bail).
Manu Fica as protective amulets have been used since the ancient world, i[...]
A large engraved rock crystal pendant.
Italian, late 17th century.
Measures 7.5 x 6.9cm (excluding high carat gold bail).
The fine hexagonal slice of polished rock crystal is engraved with th[...]
A silver mounted rock crystal Manu Fica amulet.
German, circa 1600.
Measures 6.9 x 2.5 x 2.5cm (excluding loose bail).
The rock crystal hand is set in a silver pendant mount, the wrist of [...]
A coral and gold rosary.
Sicilian, the pendant dates to the first quarter of the 17th century.
The rosary dates to the early 19th century.
The pendant measures 4.3 x 2.6 x 1.5cm excluding loose[...]
A silver gilt filigree pendant set with an enamelled glass ’IHS’.
Spanish, mid 17th century.
Measures 7.7 x 5cm.
The devotional pendant is set with a glass roundel decorated to the reverse wi[...]
A silver mounted glass pendant.
German, second half of the 17th century.
Measures 6 x 4.7 x 1.5cm excluding loose bail.
The pendant once contained a relic, which is now absent.
A Sicilian silver gilt mounted coral figa.
Italian, first half of the 17th century.
Measures 5.9cm long excluding loose bail.
Worked from a single branch of coral, the pendant represents a s[...]
A gold ring set with a Renaissance carnelian intaglio of the Roman Emperor Nero.
Italian, the intaglio dates to the 16th/17th century, the ring is late 19th / early 20th century.
Ring size Q 1[...]
Superb and rare Memento Mori ring from the 17th century: skull and crossed tibia.
Gilded silver.
The ring was discreetly re-soldered to the back of the skull.
Weight: 1g
Finger size : 5 3/4[...]
A gold and enamel supporters medal for Gustavus Adolphus (1694-1632), King of Sweden.
German, circa 1631.
Measures 3.8cm high (including bail and baroque pearl) x 1.7cm wide.
The medal is de[...]
A gold ring set with a carnelian intaglio of the Roman God Mercury.
The intaglio dates to the late 16th / early 17th century.
The intaglio measures 1.3 x 1cm.
The ring is a size S UK / 9 US.[...]
Rare and beautiful “fede ring” (“fede”, committed faith) in silver from the 17th century, with a bezel formed by two joined hands.
This motif of two joined hands (dextrarum junctio), already in use[...]
A carnelian intaglio of a Bacchanalian sacrifice set in a gold ring.
The intaglio is Italian and dates to the 17th century.
The later ring is made of high carat gold, tested as 18 carat.
The[...]
A silver vanitas medal with a skeleton and the bust of a woman.
German, second quarter of the 17th century.
Measures 4.2 x 3.1cm.
An identical example was sold for £2,600 (plus commission) by[...]
A large agate intaglio depicting the marriage of the Virgin.
Italian, early 17th century.
Measures 5.5 x 4.6cm (excluding loose bail)
Weighs 19.6 grams.
Later mounted in a silver gilt pend[...]
A gold and silver brooch set with garnets and an enamel miniature depicting the three Magi.
French or German, late 17th century.
Measures 4 x 3.1cm.
One small garnet is missing.
A silver gilt pomander pendant in the form of a figa.
German, early 17th century.
Measures 6 x 2.8 x 1.4cm.
The outstretched hand is clutching a flower, probably intended as a romantic gestur[...]
A gold signet ring carved with the image of a wheat sheaf.
German, mid 17th century.
Ring size S UK / 9 US.
The bezel measures 1.3 x 1.1cm.
The wheat sheaf was a symbol of abundance and f[...]
A silver signet ring engraved with a lion.
Hungarian, 17th century.
Ring size N 1/2 UK / 7 US (measured on the leading edge).
The bezel measures 1.4 x 1.4cm.
The high bezel is engraved[...]
A silver and enamelled pendant in the form of a heart.
German, late 17th century.
Measures 5.5 x 4.2 x 1.9cm.
The heart is decorated in blue, yellow and red enamels with silver floral decorat[...]
A late Renaissance double sided heliotrope cameo of Christ and the Virgin set into a gold ring.
The cameo is Italian, early 17th century.
The gold ring is a size K 1/2 UK / 5.5 US (measured on t[...]
A high carat gold ring set with an agate cameo of two owls.
The cameo is Italian and dates to the 17th century.
Ring size M 1/2 UK / 6.5 US.
The bezel measures 2.46 x 2.14cm.
The cameo[...]
A high carat gold and enamel devotional pendant in the manner of Giuseppe Bruno.
Sicilian, second half of the 17th century.
Measures 4.6 x 3.7 x 1cm (excluding loose bail).
The pendant is ex[...]
A silver fob seal engraved with crossbows.
English, 17th century.
Measures 2.6 x 1.6 x 1.4cm
The seal is engraved with a chevron between three crossbows unbent.
The surnames associa[...]
A high carat gold pendant set with an agate intaglio of cupid.
Italian, 17th century.
The pendant measures 7.6cm long including drop.
The intaglio measures 3.8 x 3.1cm.
Two similar example[...]
A gold and enamel ring set with faceted pastes or rock crystals.
European, late 17th century.
Ring size S 1/2 UK / 9.25 US.
The ring is made from high carat gold with a closed back setting [...]
A gold merchants ring carved with the image of a galloping stag.
German, mid 17th century.
Ring size Q UK / 8 US.
The bezel measures 1.35 x 1.2cm.
The ring is high carat gold although ty[...]
A gold and diamond ring set with a nicolo intaglio of Christ.
Italian or German, circa 1670.
Ring size O 1/2 UK / 7.5 US.
The intaglio measures 1.4 x 1.2cm.
The intaglio depicting the [...]
An agate cameo of a woman.
The cameo is Italian and dates to the late 16th / early 17th century.
Set in a high carat gold ring.
Ring size N UK / 6.5 US.
The cameo measures 1.9 x 1.5cm.[...]
A finely engraved gold memento mori ring.
English, 17th century.
Ring size N 1/2 UK / 6.75 US.
The interior of the ring is inscribed “D : Bone ob 24 Apr(il) 1708” with the makers[...]
A gold ring with an agate cameo of a striding Lioness.
European, 17th century or earlier.
Ring Size O UK / 7.25 US.
The cameo measures 1.5 x 1.35cm.
The cameo has been drilled in the m[...]
A Baroque diamond and emerald ring.
Spanish, late 17th century.
Ring size I 1/2 UK / 4.5 US.
The bezel measures 1.7 x 1.3cm.
The silver bezel is centred with a deep green emerald encircl[...]
A diamond set devotional silver pendant containing a micro sculpture.
Spanish, c.1700.
Measures 6.6 x 3.9 x 1.5cm.
This exquisite pendant is set with a multitude of old-cut diamonds, the [...]
A large glazed silver pendant containing a wooden sculpture of Saint Anthony of Padua.
Spanish Colonial, late 17th - early 18th century.
Measures 10.5 x 4.5 x 1.8cm (height measured excluding [...]
A gold and enamel ring set with a table cut rock crystal.
Holland, early 17th century.
Ring size N 1/2 UK / 7 US.
The crystal 0.57 x 0.57cm.
By repute found in Maastricht.
An enamelled gold slide set with a coral cameo of Christ
French, mid 17th century, the coral cameo of Christ is Sicilian and dates to the first half of the 17th century
Measures 4.3 x 3.3cm[...]
Devotional pendant set with prints. Spanish America, mid 17th century.
An iron devotional pendant set with a print of the crucifixion with Mary Magdalene to one side & our lady of peace in Seville [...]
Gold and enamel Order for Saint Dominic. Spanish, c.1630.
A pierced gold pendant decorated in white & black enamels for the Order of Saint Dominic.
Spanish, c.1630.
Measures 5.7 x 4.4cm.
[...]
A gold ring set with an agate cameo depicting the presentation of the Christ child at the temple in Jerusalem.
Italian, circa 1600.
Set in a high carat gold ring.
Intaglio alone measures 1.9 [...]
A gold ring set with a carnelian intaglio depicting an armoured gentleman in profile, possibly the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph I (1678-1711).
The intaglio is Austrian and dates to the late 17th centu[...]
Silver mounted rock crystal pendant Italian, late 17th century
A silver mounted rock crystal pendant
Italian, late 17th century
Measures 5.5 x 4.4cm
The fine slice of polished rock crystal i[...]
Gold devotional pendant with miniatures. Spanish, circa 1700. A gold mounted devotional pendant set on each side with eglomized glass miniatures of Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Saint John of Nepo[...]
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