Details
A gold and enamel mounted sardonyx cameo ring
The small sardonyx cameo with the profile head of a wreathed Imperial head facing left cut in the white layer on bluish grey ground, the gold mount with black and white enamel arcading around the sides and with black enamel foliate shoulders, the cameo 16th Century, the mount 17th Century, finger size L
The small sardonyx cameo with the profile head of a wreathed Imperial head facing left cut in the white layer on bluish grey ground, the gold mount with black and white enamel arcading around the sides and with black enamel foliate shoulders, the cameo 16th Century, the mount 17th Century, finger size L
Provenance
The Marlborough Gems, June 26, 1899, lot 530