French or Italian, circa 1810

Property from a private British Collection - Lots 1 – 15

French or Italian, circa 1810

The Glyptics, Italian, 17th - 19th century

Choker

chalcedony, enamel and cloth

adorned with:

an Italian, late 18th-century, cameo with Venus fishing for the Genius of Charm, amongst cupids;

an Italian, late 18th-/ early 19th-century cameo with Medusa;

an Italian, late 18th-/ early 19th-century cameo with a Roman patrician;

a Northern Italian, probably 17th-century cameo with Minerva;

an Italian, late 18th-/ early 19th-century cameo with a Roman matron;

an Italian, 18th-century cameo Venus bathing;

an Italian, 18th-century cameo with Hercules;

an Italian, late 18th-/ early 19th-century cameo a Satyr;

an Italian, late 18th-/ early 19th-century cameo a Roman woman with a diadem;

and ten an Italian, early 19th-century intaglios with animals

Cameo with Venus fishing amongst cupids: 2cm.,¾in.

Cameo with Medusa: 2.4cm.,⅞in.

Cameo with a profile of a Roman patrician: 2.5cm., 1in.

Cameo with Minerva: 2.8cm., 1.1in.

Cameo with a Roman Matron: 2.8cm., 1.1in.

Cameo with Venus bathing: 2.7cm., 1in.

Cameo with the head of Hercules: 2.5cm., 1in.

Cameo with a Satyr: 2.3cm.,⅞in.

Cameo with a Roman woman with a diadem: 2cm., ¾ in.

ten intaglios with animals: 0.5cm., ¼ in.

32cm., 12 1/2 in. overall