Details
NATHANIAL MARCHANT, 18TH CENTURY CORNELIAN INTAGLIO RING OF NIKE
Oval-shaped cornelian carved with an intaglio depicting winged goddess Victory standing, fully dressed, on tiptoe, pouring from a jug into a patera, beside a wreathed altar, gold, signed Marchant F, ring size N
Provenance
George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough (1739-1817), Blenheim Palace Oxfordshire;
thence by continuous descent to John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822-1883), Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire;
The Marlborough Gems: Being a Collection of Works in Cameo and Intaglio Formed by George, Third Duke of Marlborough, Christie's, London, 28 June-1 July 1875, lot 259.
David Bromilow (1809-1898), Bitteswell Hall, Leicestershire, acquired from the above; thence by descent to his daughter, Julia Harriet Mary Jary (née Bromilow), Bitteswell Hall, Leicestershire, 1898.
The Marlborough Gems: A Collection of Works in Cameo and Intaglio Formed by George, Third Duke of Marlborough, Purchased by the Late David Bromilow, Esq., of Bitteswell Hall, Lutterworth, the Property of Mrs. Jary, Christie's, London, 26-29 June 1899, lot 259.
with Francis E. Whelan (1848-1907), London, acquired from the above (according to auctioneer's book).
Charles Newton-Robinson (1853-1913), London.
Catalogue of the Valuable and Important Collection of Engraved Gems Formed by Charles Newton-Robinson Esq., Christie's, London, 22 June 1909, lot 164, acquired by Meyer (according to auctioneer's book).
Mr and Mrs Elias Meyer and by descent to their daughter
Mrs Doris Herschorn (d. 1975) and by descent to her son Hugh Sassoon.
Literature
A cast of matching design can be found in the Tassie archives, no. 7718
Cf.: Catalogue of One Hundred Impressions from Gems engraved by Nathaniel Marchant, J. Edwards, London, 1792, no. LXXXIX
Cf.: G. Seidmann, 'Nathaniel Marchant, Gem Engraver, 1739-1816', The Walpole Society, LIII, 1987, p. 7, mentions the 4th Duke of Marlborough to be Marchant's most notable early patron.
J. Boardman, D. Scarisbrick, C. Wagner, and E. Zwierlein-Diehl, The Marlborough Gems, Oxford, 2009.
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