Details
Five gold-mounted rings, two with intaglios, three with cameos
One with bloodstone intaglio of a lion moving to the left, Etruscan; one with cornelian intaglio of a scorpion devouring an insect, 1st Century A.D.; a cameo fragment of a dancing figure moving to the left, probably 17th Century; a small sardonyx cameo ring with a huntsman, his servant and two dogs, a tree to the left, and another with a man holding a staff seated before a tree, both 17th Century, in collectors' settings, one mount modern (5)
One with bloodstone intaglio of a lion moving to the left, Etruscan; one with cornelian intaglio of a scorpion devouring an insect, 1st Century A.D.; a cameo fragment of a dancing figure moving to the left, probably 17th Century; a small sardonyx cameo ring with a huntsman, his servant and two dogs, a tree to the left, and another with a man holding a staff seated before a tree, both 17th Century, in collectors' settings, one mount modern (5)
Provenance
The third, fourth and fifth rings Schroder Collection, lot 66 (possibly Atlanta running, two figures with hounds, seated huntsman)