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AN UNUSUAL CONTINENTAL 'FLACON' RING
The twin hoops formed as a black and white serpent with reticulated bodies and tails encircling their necks, supporting at the bezel a small black and white enamel flacon gilt with foliage and trelliswork, with detachable chained stopper, circa 1820, finger size K, in velvet case
Cf. A.B. Chadour, Rings, The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, 1994, vol.II, no.1424
$1,200-1,600
The twin hoops formed as a black and white serpent with reticulated bodies and tails encircling their necks, supporting at the bezel a small black and white enamel flacon gilt with foliage and trelliswork, with detachable chained stopper, circa 1820, finger size K, in velvet case
Cf. A.B. Chadour, Rings, The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, 1994, vol.II, no.1424
$1,200-1,600