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Details
A George I, gold, black enamel and crystal mourning ring,
the convex hoop with engraved, black enamel elongated skeleton, hour glass, pick and shovel, the oval rock crystal bezel enclosing a skull applied on hair, the hoop interior engraved Rich Fountaine Esq Obt. 26 Jan 1721 aet 85 with maker's initials D.M.
See plate 1 and front cover illustration
the convex hoop with engraved, black enamel elongated skeleton, hour glass, pick and shovel, the oval rock crystal bezel enclosing a skull applied on hair, the hoop interior engraved Rich Fountaine Esq Obt. 26 Jan 1721 aet 85 with maker's initials D.M.
See plate 1 and front cover illustration
Provenance
Christie's London, 1988, Lot 375
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium
Further details
C.f. C. Oman, British Rings 800 - 1914, London, 1974, pl.88 (e) (f) and Dalton, op. cit. (1912) no. 1545 (dated 1722) and no. 1533 (dated 1726), also The Victoria and Albert Museum Jewellery Gallery, Case 34, Board E, no. 13 (dated 1720).