Jewellery, Objects of Vertu, Silver and Watches

A hardstone cameo ring, possibly Italian, late 18th - early 19th century, the carnelian carved in high relief to depict the head of a satyr, to a tapered polished gold band, ring size M. £800-£1,200

Property of a Noble family.

For a similar satyr cameo dating from the late 18th or early 19th century, see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 1982.60.392, Cameo with the Head of a Satyr, The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection (Gallery 540).

Also included in: Clare Vincent, The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: 1984), p.189, no.108.

According to a PMI test on the XRF Analyzer the ring is testing as 13.48ct gold.

Gross weight 13.2gm.