FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY ENGLISH
Details
SEVEN GLASS SULPHIDE AND PSEUDO-SULPHIDE JEWELRY RELATED ITEMS
First half 19th century, probably English
Including: three small unmounted pseudo-sulphide portrait intaglios; two gold rings with profiles of unidentified males; a silver-gilt brooch set with a sulphide profile of Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington, to dexter; and a 9K gold ring with Wellington, to sinister, set on foil, the mount stamped H.C. & S. and with a Birmingham assay hallmark
¾ in. (1.9 cm.) high, the medallions (7)
First half 19th century, probably English
Including: three small unmounted pseudo-sulphide portrait intaglios; two gold rings with profiles of unidentified males; a silver-gilt brooch set with a sulphide profile of Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington, to dexter; and a 9K gold ring with Wellington, to sinister, set on foil, the mount stamped H.C. & S. and with a Birmingham assay hallmark
¾ in. (1.9 cm.) high, the medallions (7)
Provenance
Paul Jokelson Collection, New York (the medallions).
Literature
D. Tarshis, 'Sulphides: Cameo Incrusted Jewelry', The Society of Jewelry Historians Newsletter, New York, Spring 1992, vol. 13, cover (the Wellington ring).
Exhibited
P. Jokelson and D. Tarshis, Cameo Incrustation: The Great Sulphide Show, The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, 1988, p. 10, no. 11 (the Wellington ring).
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