Georgian gold mourning ring with hairwork
Georgian gold mourning ring with hairwork
Sale date
Lot number
Lot 9
Auction category
Jewelry and Timepieces
Auction
The Winterbourne jewels
Estimate range
$600 to $900
Provenance
One of eleven mourning rings kept together in a single case since the eighteenth century.
The oval bezel enclosing a panel of plaited hair beneath rock crystal, within a border of seed pearls, the reverse engraved with initials and a date. English, 1789.
An unremarkable object by weight and materials that sold for more than three times its high estimate. Mourning jewellery of this period has developed a serious collecting following, and intact hairwork with a legible inscription is uncommon.
Condition: hairwork intact and unfaded. Two pearls replaced. Inscription clear.
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