1st-3rd century AD. A banded agate engraved with image of the goddess Fortuna seated, wearing wreath in hair, holding a cornucopia and a rudder, in a sympathetic modern gold ring. 6.50 grams, 23.33mm overall, 17.36mm internal diameter (approximate ring size British N 1/2, USA 7, Europe 14.51, Japan 14"). (1"). Extremely fine condition. Acquired on the London art market prior to 1980. Fortuna is the Roman goddess of luck, fate, and fortune. Fortuna was usually depicted holding in one hand a cornucopia, or a horn of plenty, from which all good things flowed in abundance, representing her ability to bestow prosperity; in the other she generally has a ship's rudder, to indicate that she is the one who controls how lives and fates are steered. She could also be shown enthroned, with the same attributes of rudder and cornucopia, but with a small wheel built into the chair, representing the cycles of fate and the ups and downs of fortune. The Emperor Trajan dedicated a temple to Fortuna, at which offerings were made to the goddess on the first day of January, at the start of the New Year, probably to ensure good luck and success for the coming year.
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17th century AD. A gold band posy ring inscribed on the inside 'Time shall tell I love thee well' with maker's mark. 4 grams, 20.92mm overall, 19.68mm internal diameter (approximate ring size British T 1/2, USA 9 3/4, Europe 21.89, Japan 21"). (3/4"). Ex Deago collection, by descent from the vendor's mother. Very fine condition. A large wearable size.
18th century AD. A gold band ring with the inside inscribed 'My love shall last til life be past'. 2.25 grams, 17.78mm overall, 17.39mm internal diameter (approximate ring size British N 1/2, USA 7, Europe 14.51, Japan 14"). (1/2"). Property of a Suffolk lady; acquired on the UK art market. Fine condition.
1st-3rd century AD. A gold ring with thick tapering shank, bezel set with carnelian intaglio engraved with image of Cupid riding a lion. 3.91 grams, 20.35mm overall, 14.87mm internal diameter (approximate ring size H, USA 4, Europe 6.68, Japan 6"). (3/4"). Fine condition. UK art market, acquired prior to 2000.
4th century AD. A round-section beaded gold hoop with separate stepped square bezel, inscribed 'VI'. 3.54 grams, 21mm overall, 16.60mm internal diameter (approximate size British L 1/2, USA 6, Europe 12.0, Japan 11"). (3/4"). Fine condition, usage wear to outer face of hoop. [No Reserve] From an old Hampshire collection; acquired London Gallery, 1960s. C f. Ruseva-Slokoska, L. Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 219. The presence of 'VI' suggests that the ring may have been associated with Legio VI Ferrata, which was stationed in the area of modern Jordan. Its sister legion, Legio VI Victrix, was present in Britain but is not mentioned after the 2nd century AD and may have been disbanded. The two 'sixth' legions were on opposing sides at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC.
17th-18th century AD. A gold ring inscribed on the outside PRIES. P. NOTRE. DAME. DE. CADEROT in Roman capitals. 0.54 grams, 16.48mm overall, 15.89mm internal diameter (approximate ring size British K, USA 5 1/8, Europe 9.95, Japan 9"). (3/4"). Property of an East Anglian gentleman; previously from an old North Country collection; formed between 1970-2000. The words on the ring mean Pray for Our Lady of Caderot and refer to the important pilgrimage site of the Notre Dame Chapel of Caderot in Provence, France. The most sacred relic here was a crystal bowl that was said to contain hairs belonging to the Virgin Mary. The chapel was destroyed during the Wars of Religion in the sixteenth century and rebuilt in the seventeenth century where it continues to be an important centre of pilgrimage. Fine condition.
13th-15th century AD. A gold ring with oval bezel, lines at the shoulders; bezel with black niello and figure of Christ with halo, hand held up in blessing. 6.26 grams, 22.43mm overall, 20.89mm internal diameter (approximate ring size British W, USA 11 1/4, Europe 25.60, Japan 24"). (3/4"). Property of a Suffolk lady; acquired on the UK art market. Very fine condition. A large wearable size.
18th-19th century AD. A gold ring with thin shank, scrolling palmettes at the shoulder; domed and hinged bezel that opens to reveal a silver skull with diamonds set into the eyes, skull surrounded by turquoise beads. 4.03 grams, 18.89mm overall, 17.74mm internal diameter (approximate ring size British O 1/2, USA 7 1/2, Europe 15.76, Japan 15"). (3/4"). Property of a Birmingham lady. Very fine condition. Very rare.
13th-15th century AD. A gold ring with thin shank decorated with punched dots; small, raised bezel engraved with a cross. 1.22 grams, 19.68mm overall, 18.93mm internal diameter (approximate ring size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18"). (3/4"). Ex Deago collection, by descent from the vendor's mother. Fine condition.
18th century AD. A gold posy ring with plain band; to the inside inscribed with Cares stay by when pleasures fly. 1.30 grams, 17.26mm overall, 16.26mm internal diameter (approximate ring size British K 1/2, USA 5 1/2, Europe 11.00, Japan 10"). (3/4"). Ex T. Brown collection, Shropshire, UK; acquired 1981, when recorded by M. R. Stokes of the Rowle House Museum, Shrewsbury, UK. Fine condition.
8th-12th century AD. A round-section gold hoop with faux-twist detail to the upper face, applied twisted rope detailing. 7.92 grams, 24.50mm overall, 20.38mm internal diameter (approximate ring size British V, USA 10 5/8, Europe 24, Japan 22"). (1"). Property of a Surrey collector; acquired in the early 1970s. Extremely fine condition.
9th-11th century AD. A pendant comprising a natural rock crystal in a gold wire cage with coil closure, twisted wire hoop and wire suspension ring. 13 grams, 50mm (2"). Property of a European collector; acquired before 2000. Quartz was a popular stone in the Viking period, as attested by the so-called Visby lenses, which this pendant bears many similarities to. There have been a number of theories as to their use, such as lenses for magnifying or for starting fires, but they most probably had a magical function bringing protection to the wearer. Very fine condition.
16th-17th century AD. A silver-gilt drum-shaped pendant locket with filigree ropework bands to the edges; hinged lid with quatrefoil of gold cells, tubular stem with suspension loop and ring, openwork face with central stud and glass(?"). cloison insert in a claw setting. 5.64 grams, 40mm (1 3/4"). Property of a South Yorkshire, UK, collector; formerly in a 1970s collection. Fine condition.
3rd century AD. A matched pair of gold earrings, each a domed plaque with beaded wire border, filigree bands, central beaded wire ring, hooked wire attachment to the reverse, lower panel with beaded wire and filigree bands, two dangles each with a green composition bead. 6.50 grams total, 45-48mm (2"). Very fine condition. [2] From an important collection of jewellery formed over 40 years by a German collector. Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L. Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 51a for type.
5th-8th century AD. A red jasper discoid plaque with carved cross-on-steps motif, two smaller crosses above the arms, alpha and omega below; set in a 19th century gold finger ring with Hercules knot shoulders. 11 grams, 25mm overall, 21.43mm internal diameter (approximate size British X 1/2, USA 11 3/4, Europe 27.01, Japan 26"). (1"). Property of a lady; acquired from a London fine art gallery in the late 1990s. Very fine condition. A large wearable size. [No Reserve]
17th-18th century AD. A gold band posy ring inscribed on the inside 'Love Vertue' with maker's mark 'W' in square cartouche. 0.77 grams, 14.77mm overall, 14.96mm internal diameter (approximate ring size British H 1/2, USA 4, Europe 7.00, Japan 6"). (1/2"). Ex Deago collection, by descent from the vendor's mother. Fine condition.
2nd-3rd century AD. A gold ring with rope pattern shank, bezel set with red glass intaglio engraved with double headed Capricorn. 1.81 grams, 17.52mm overall, 16.81mm internal diameter (approximate ring size British M, USA 6 1/4, Europe 12.56, Japan 12"). (3/4"). Fine condition. From an important London collection, acquired in the 1990s.
16th century AD. A gold band ring with cells of oblique squares divided by band of red gold with leaf pattern; to the inside engraved 'I LOVE IN HOPE'. 2.12 grams, 18.07mm overall, 16.16mm internal diameter (approximate ring size British K 1/2, USA 5 1/2, Europe 10.58, Japan 10"). (3/4"). Ex Davies collection; acquired in the 1990s; thence by descent. Very fine condition.
1st-3rd century AD. A gold ring with tapering shank with flat section for the bezel engraved with the image of Pegasus walking, wings outspread. 8 grams, 25.57mm overall, 22.96mm internal diameter (approximate ring size Z+2 1/2, USA 13 3/4, Europe 32.01, Japan 30"). (1"). Very fine condition. A very large wearable size UK art market, acquired prior to 2000..
6th-9th century AD. A gold ring with tapering shank, double hexagonal bezel with fluted closed flower set with a cabochon garnet. 8.74 grams, 21.81mm overall, 20.54mm internal diameter (approximate ring size British V 1/2, USA 10 3/4, Europe 24.40, Japan 23"). (3/4"). Property of a private collector; acquired before 1975. Supplied with a positive X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate. Very fine condition.
51-30 BC. An iron ring with inset gold cameo depicting queen Cleopatra, as the goddess Isis, wearing tripartite wig, vulture headdress with uraeus and sun disc between cow horns; broad collar around neck. 1.25 grams, 21mm (1/4"). Fine condition. [No Reserve] From the Dolman collection; acquired in the early 1920s. Cleopatra VII Philopator was the last member of the Ptolemaic dynasty to rule over Egypt and was famously associated with both Julius Caesar and Marc Antony before she committed suicide after her defeat by Octavian Caesar, later the Emperor Augustus, at the battle of Actium. Cleopatra was the only member of the dynasty to speak the native Egyptian language and strongly identified herself with the Egyptian religion, patronising important temples such as that dedicated to the goddess Hathor at Denderah. She closely identified herself with the goddess Isis, and her coinage hailed her as the ‘New Isis,’ and she was actively worshipped as such in Egypt. After the ‘Donations of Alexandria’ she was never in public without her Isis robes. Caesar had even recognised Cleopatra as Isis in a triumph held in Rome and dedicated a gold statue of her as Isis in the temple of Venus Genetrix in the Forum. Religion was an integral part of Cleopatra’s political propaganda, for the sect of Isis had spread throughout the ancient Mediterranean world, and to be ‘internationally’ recognised as the goddess gave Cleopatra greater political prestige in the East. When Antony became a crucial part of her plans, Cleopatra’s propaganda ensured that he was revered by Greek Egyptians as Dionysus and by native Egyptians as Osiris, the ‘king of kings’.
9th-11th century AD. A mixed group comprising: two belt buckles with scroll decoration; a mount with beast-head finials; three silver rivets; a small silver-gilt mount; an iron finger ring with niello inlay; a square-section glass bead; a plano-convex bone mount; a biconvex glass bead; six tubular glass beads with gold; a carnelian bead with silver-gilt cage. 54 grams total, 7-36mm (1/4 - 1 1/2"). From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. Mainly fine condition. [18, No Reserve]
5th-7th century AD. A gold ring with tapering shank and border along the edge, flaring to the bezel and with filigree decoration at the shoulder around an inset crescent garnet; bezel set with cabochon garnet. 6 grams, 22.69mm overall, 20.47mm internal diameter (approximate size British V, USA 10 3/4, Europe 24.28, Japan 23"). Very fine condition. From a private collection; formed 1965-1975.
2nd-3rd century AD. A gold ring with banded shank; beaded bezel set with a carnelian intaglio engraved with clasped hands. 2.59 grams, 18.29mm overall, 18.61mm internal diameter (approximate ring size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18.40, Japan 17"). (3/4"). Fine condition. UK art market, acquired prior to 2000.
8th-9th century AD. A gold ring with twisted shank; gold pellet to the shoulders; bezel formed from a gold Abbasid caliphate dinar coin. 6.02 grams, 20.86mm overall, 17.36mm internal diameter (approximate ring size British O, USA 7, Europe 55 1/4, Japan 14"). (1"). Property of a London gentleman; part of his family collection since the 1970s. Fine condition.
2nd-3rd century AD. A gold ring with lobed shank, indented shoulder with domed bezel with filigree decoration set with a cameo with Roman letters AVE, greetings. 7.14 grams, 22.12mm overall, 19.82mm internal diameter (approximate ring size British T 1/2, USA 10, Europe, 22.33, Japan 21"). (1"). Extremely fine condition. Property of a private collector; acquired before 1975. Supplied with a positive X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate.
1st-2nd century AD. A gold ring with tapering shank, bezel set with a carnelian intaglio engraved with a running hound. 5.72 grams, 23.26mm overall, 20.76mm internal diameter (approximate ring size British W, USA 11 1/4, Europe 25.60, Japan 24"). (3/4"). Very fine condition. A large wearable size. Property of a Surrey collector; acquired in the early 1970s.
Late 19th century AD. Military division (with swords), with suspension ring. Obv: red enamelled Bath cross with red on white enamelled roundel at centre with SS monogram initials within green enamelled wreath; double-headed imperial eagles to angles over crossed swords. Rev: similar red on white enamelled roundel at centre with SS monogram initials; back of main cross with imperial hallmark and 'AK' maker's mark, hilts of swords of yellower gold, each with 'profile right bust' hallmark; the suspension loop with '?95' hallmark. 12.12 grams, 55mm maximum. See Dorling, p.280, for information. The Order of St Stanislas originated in Poland in 1765, it was adopted in Russia in 1831 and was incorporated into the Chapter of Russian Orders as part of the honours system of the Russian Empire by Emperor Nicholas I of Russia. In 1839, the Russian Order of Saint Stanislaus received new statutes, including granting status of nobility on its recipients in all three classes. Extremely fine. Rare.
A TOURMALINE AND DIAMOND RING centred with an oval mixed-cut green tourmaline weighing approximately 2.03cts, within a conforming surround of champagne colour round brilliant-cut diamonds weighing approximately 0.48cts in total, flanked on either side with a round brilliant-cut cognac diamond weighing approximately 0.70cts in total, in 18ct rose gold, impressed 18ct, size L
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