- 62
Italian, circa 1800
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Ring with an intaglio of Sabina, wife of The Emperor Hadrian, in profile
- amethyst, set in a gold ring with foliate openwork on the shoulders
- Italian, circa 1800
inscribed with the pseudo-Greek signature: QUINTILLOS
Provenance
Prince Stanislas Poniatowski, circa 1800;
his sale, Christie's London, 29 April- 21 May 1839, lot 1802;
John Rushout, 2nd Baron Northwick;
his sale, Phillips London, 4 August 1859, lot 64;
C. Millward, Cheltenham;
Robertson Davies, Toronto, until 1995
his sale, Christie's London, 29 April- 21 May 1839, lot 1802;
John Rushout, 2nd Baron Northwick;
his sale, Phillips London, 4 August 1859, lot 64;
C. Millward, Cheltenham;
Robertson Davies, Toronto, until 1995
Literature
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski, Florence, 1830-1833, no. IX.1.130
Catalogue Note
An impression of the present gem is held in the Beazley Archive, University of Oxford (reference number: 1839-1802). An image is available online at: https://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/XDB/ASP/recordDetails.asp?recordCount=1&start=0 (accessed 22 October 2013).