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Auction archive: Lot number 7

18th century gold and rock crystal Memento Mori slide, 1701

Estimate
ZAR12,000 - ZAR15,000
ca. US$1,014 - US$1,267
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 7

18th century gold and rock crystal Memento Mori slide, 1701

Estimate
ZAR12,000 - ZAR15,000
ca. US$1,014 - US$1,267
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

18th century gold and rock crystal Memento Mori slide, 1701 with faceted rock crystal bezel, inset with a pair of birds above a gilt crown, with entwined gilt-thread initials TH, with skull and crossbones below against a hairwork ground, the reverse inscribed TH, Not lost but gone before Feb: 14 1701, aeta 66, width approximately 20mm ; a Georgian enamel and gold ring, 1806, set with a glazed oval-shaped compartment with the initials SS with hairwork beneath, enclosed by an enamel border inscribed SAML.SANDERS OB 30 MARCH1806 AE 67 , to a plain shank, size U ; and a Victorian blue enamel and half-pearl 15ct gold brooch, of navette outline, the pearl and enamel border enclosing a glazed compartment set with hair and seed-pearls against a silk ground, the reverse later engraved 1851 MEA 1911, width approximately 30mm (3)

Auction archive: Lot number 7
Auction:
Datum:
5 Mar 2018
Auction house:
Strauss & Co
89 Central St.
Houghton Estate
2198 Johannesburg
South Africa
jhb@straussart.co.za
+27 (0)11 728 8246
+27 (0)11 728 8247
Beschreibung:

18th century gold and rock crystal Memento Mori slide, 1701 with faceted rock crystal bezel, inset with a pair of birds above a gilt crown, with entwined gilt-thread initials TH, with skull and crossbones below against a hairwork ground, the reverse inscribed TH, Not lost but gone before Feb: 14 1701, aeta 66, width approximately 20mm ; a Georgian enamel and gold ring, 1806, set with a glazed oval-shaped compartment with the initials SS with hairwork beneath, enclosed by an enamel border inscribed SAML.SANDERS OB 30 MARCH1806 AE 67 , to a plain shank, size U ; and a Victorian blue enamel and half-pearl 15ct gold brooch, of navette outline, the pearl and enamel border enclosing a glazed compartment set with hair and seed-pearls against a silk ground, the reverse later engraved 1851 MEA 1911, width approximately 30mm (3)

Auction archive: Lot number 7
Auction:
Datum:
5 Mar 2018
Auction house:
Strauss & Co
89 Central St.
Houghton Estate
2198 Johannesburg
South Africa
jhb@straussart.co.za
+27 (0)11 728 8246
+27 (0)11 728 8247
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