Auction Closed
October 14, 05:38 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Five gold-mounteꦺd hardstone seals, English, mid-19th ce🍎ntury
the first with tapering facetted citrine handle with oval gold mount with relief rocaille floral and foliate decoration, the matrix engraved with a cockerel within a strap and buckle ring inscribed 'CONSTANT EN TOUT'; the second with tapering agate handle and stylised lotus flower gold shank with pierced mount for the semi-circular pierced rotating bloodstone matrix inscribed with the interlaced monogram CRM; the third with rock crystal handle with rocaille gold mount and amethyst matrix engraved with a monogram CP; the fourth with hooped gold rocaille 🦋shank, the oval cornelian matrix engraved with an Arabic inscription; the fifth with lyre-form gold shank and bloodstone matrix engraved with a monogram and crest
weight: 261.6 g
length of largest 3 7⁄8 in.; 9,8 cm.
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Cinq sceaux en pierre du🌜re et or, Angleterre, milieu du XIXe siècle
un en citrine, la matrice gravée CONSTANT EN TOUT; un en agate, la matrice monogrammée CRM; un en cristal de roche, la matrice en améthyste gravée CP; un, la matrice en cornaline avec inscription en arabe; le dernier, la matrice en jaspe sanguin gr🥀avée de monogramme et cimier
weight: 261.6 g
length of largest 3 7⁄8 in.; 9,8 cm.
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Bonhams London, 18 November 2015, lot 117.
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Bonhams Londres, 18 novembre 2015, lot 117.