Jewellery, Watches and Objects of Vertu to include the personal archive of Louis Osman, goldsmith and architect

A 19th century carnelian intaglio inset ring, the oval carnelian panel intaglio carved with a crest beneath a motto, reading (in reverse) ‘TYDE WHAT MAY’, within a plain polished ring mount in yellow gold, ring size N. £200-300

The crest is for the Scottish Haig Clan, seat of Bermersyde House, Borders, with motto ‘TYDE WHAT MAY’ meaning ‘COME WHAT MAY’ with rock beneath.

In the thirteenth century, the poet Thomas the Rhymer, Laird of Ercildoune, made the prediction that:
“Tyde what may
Whate’re betide
Haig shall be Haig
of Bermersyde”