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Lot 325
A group of eleven 18th/19th century silver and brass Guild or Merchant rings
Closed9 October 2012
Price Realised
GBP 1,187
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A group of eleven 18th/19th century silver and brass Guild or Merchant rings
Including: a silver ring with square bezel engraved with a pastoral scene of a deer grazing between two trees with corn sheaf and sickle above and the initials R Z, the shoulders with applied stylised sun masks; a brass ring, the oval bezel engraved with a boot within twin palm fronds and initials H.J.I. representing a boot maker; another with octagonal bezel engraved with a lion holding a top hat and roll of fabric with initials G H, representing a haberdasher; another with octagonal bezel engraved with a pretzel flanked by two unicorns below the initials M. S., representing a baker; two Jewish rings, one with engraved Star of David above a jug and wine goblet the other a memorial ring engraved in Hebrew script God Bless the deceased Joseph Baruch; and five other various guild rings, German or Eastern European
Partially illustrated (11)
Including: a silver ring with square bezel engraved with a pastoral scene of a deer grazing between two trees with corn sheaf and sickle above and the initials R Z, the shoulders with applied stylised sun masks; a brass ring, the oval bezel engraved with a boot within twin palm fronds and initials H.J.I. representing a boot maker; another with octagonal bezel engraved with a lion holding a top hat and roll of fabric with initials G H, representing a haberdasher; another with octagonal bezel engraved with a pretzel flanked by two unicorns below the initials M. S., representing a baker; two Jewish rings, one with engraved Star of David above a jug and wine goblet the other a memorial ring engraved in Hebrew script God Bless the deceased Joseph Baruch; and five other various guild rings, German or Eastern European
Partially illustrated (11)
A group of eleven 18th/19th century silver and brass Guild or Merchant rings
Including: a silver ring with square bezel engraved with a pastoral scene of a deer grazing between two trees with corn sheaf and sickle above and the initials R Z, the shoulders with applied stylised sun masks; a brass ring, the oval bezel engraved with a boot within twin palm fronds and initials H.J.I. representing a boot maker; another with octagonal bezel engraved with a lion holding a top hat and roll of fabric with initials G H, representing a haberdasher; another with octagonal bezel engraved with a pretzel flanked by two unicorns below the initials M. S., representing a baker; two Jewish rings, one with engraved Star of David above a jug and wine goblet the other a memorial ring engraved in Hebrew script God Bless the deceased Joseph Baruch; and five other various guild rings, German or Eastern European
Partially illustrated (11)
Including: a silver ring with square bezel engraved with a pastoral scene of a deer grazing between two trees with corn sheaf and sickle above and the initials R Z, the shoulders with applied stylised sun masks; a brass ring, the oval bezel engraved with a boot within twin palm fronds and initials H.J.I. representing a boot maker; another with octagonal bezel engraved with a lion holding a top hat and roll of fabric with initials G H, representing a haberdasher; another with octagonal bezel engraved with a pretzel flanked by two unicorns below the initials M. S., representing a baker; two Jewish rings, one with engraved Star of David above a jug and wine goblet the other a memorial ring engraved in Hebrew script God Bless the deceased Joseph Baruch; and five other various guild rings, German or Eastern European
Partially illustrated (11)
Cf.op. cit A.B. Chadour, p.337-348 for rings of similar type
This lot is offered without reserve.