CIRCA 19TH CENTURY

Details

A EUROPEAN GARNET RINGSTONE WITH A SATYR
CIRCA 19TH CENTURY
5/8 in. (1.4 cm.) long; ring size 7

Provenance

M.H. Nevil Story-Maskelyne (1823-1911), Wroughton, Wiltshire, acquired 1860-1899; thence by descent to his son-in-law, William Arnold-Forster (1886-1951), Cornwall.
Catalogue of the Story-Maskelyne Collection of Ancient Gems, the Property of W.E. Arnold Forster, Esq., Sotheby's, London, 4-5 July 1921, lot 143 (part).
Browet, acquired from the above (according to auctioneer's book).
Marjorie Bronfman (1917-2012), Montreal, acquired by 1978; gifted to her daughter, Dr. Corinne Bronfman (1947-2022), Washington, D.C.; thence by descent to the current owner.

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Lot Essay

On this gem a nude satyr, crouching on a short groundline, is making a ivy wreath. It appears to be a copy of an 18th century carnelian gem in London, no. 76 in O.M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Engraved Gems of the Post-Classical Periods in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography in the British Museum. The gem is mounted as a ring in a 19th century bi-color gold setting.

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