Lot Essay
For the third ring cf. Dalton, op.cit., pl.XIV, no.443
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Details
Three gold-mounted cameo rings
One with the profile bust of a lady facing right, a veil at the back of her head, holding a heart in her right hand; another, with the profile bust of a lightly attired female facing right holding a cornucopia, and a third example with the facing bust of a courtesan wearing a necklace and holding a heart in her left hand, her right hand pointing upwards, all late 16th early 17th Century, in collectors' settings, one with husk and laurel foliage shoulders (3)
One with the profile bust of a lady facing right, a veil at the back of her head, holding a heart in her right hand; another, with the profile bust of a lightly attired female facing right holding a cornucopia, and a third example with the facing bust of a courtesan wearing a necklace and holding a heart in her left hand, her right hand pointing upwards, all late 16th early 17th Century, in collectors' settings, one with husk and laurel foliage shoulders (3)
Provenance
The rings Schroder Collection, lot 75 (possibly three cameo rings, each with female bust, Venus or Ceres, one holding a heart, another a cornucopia)