Details
Three gold-mounted intaglio rings and an agate ring
One in sard with Aurora in her horsedrawn chariot, Cupid flies above with a torch lighting her way, a morning star in the field, corded border and scaraboid back; one in banded agate, the figure of Justice walks to the right, a cornucopia (prosperity) in her right arm, a pair of scales in her left hand, and one in sard with the reclining Venus greeting Mars, armed with spear and shield, as Cupid with torch flies above, in corded border; and a banded agate ring with the standing figure of St. John the Baptist holding lamb and flag and wearing animal skins, in coiled serpent border, all late 18th early 19th Century, one mount modern (4)
One in sard with Aurora in her horsedrawn chariot, Cupid flies above with a torch lighting her way, a morning star in the field, corded border and scaraboid back; one in banded agate, the figure of Justice walks to the right, a cornucopia (prosperity) in her right arm, a pair of scales in her left hand, and one in sard with the reclining Venus greeting Mars, armed with spear and shield, as Cupid with torch flies above, in corded border; and a banded agate ring with the standing figure of St. John the Baptist holding lamb and flag and wearing animal skins, in coiled serpent border, all late 18th early 19th Century, one mount modern (4)
Provenance
The first and fourth rings Schroder Collection, lot 20 (possibly Aurora and St. John the Baptist), the second ring lot 16 (possibly Aequitas)