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A LATE/18TH EARLY 19TH SARD INTAGLIO RING
The oval intaglio engraved as the head of a man with close cropped hair, in profile to the left, with nail symbol behind his head, with reeded border and hoop, circa 1800
Finger size - J
The oval intaglio engraved as the head of a man with close cropped hair, in profile to the left, with nail symbol behind his head, with reeded border and hoop, circa 1800
Finger size - J
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For a similar portrait intaglio also depicting the nail motif cf. J.D. Beazley, Ed. J. Boardman, 'The Lewes House Collection of Ancient Gems' (now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston), Oxford, 2002, plate 24 and p. 72, no. 116, for discussion regarding the identiy of the subject. A similar portrait can be seen in an engraved sard in the British Museum cf. LHG pl, B, 11; F., pl. 47, 64 (BM gems no. 2043)