GLYPTICS ANCIENT JEWELRY

Lot of 4 agate cameos. Moor heads. Small chips on the edge and wear marks. 17th-18th century min 8x6,5x3 - max 11,5x8,5x3 mm

A lot of 2 carnelian intaglios. Philosopher busts. The effigies are both facing right. Wear marks. 19th century min 21x17x3 - max 22,7x18x5,8 mm

Lot of 5 heliotrope intaglios. Various subjects Noblewoman bust;draped philosopher bust; king bust; head of bearded man wearing a shell hat; philosopher bust. 19th century min 13x9x2,5 - max 21x16x2 mm

Lot of 3 heliotrope intaglios. Various subjects Nobleman bust; bust of a male character wearing a decorated headgear; bust of bearded man with headgear. 18th century min 14x11x1,8 - max 25x20x2 mm

Lot of 3 heliotrope intaglios. Various subjects Noblewoman bust; emperor bust; philosopher bust. 18th century min 13x10x2,7 - max 22x17x3,5 mm

A large postclassical agate intaglio. Tau cross with inscription. Tau cross, with INRI inscription at the top, and S-T at the sides. The tau cross was adopted as a symbol by the Hospitaller Friars of Saint Anthony the Hermit, an order founded in 1095 in Saint Antoine of Vienne, France, and dedicated to the care of lepers and other sick people. In the following century, at the instigation of Saint Francis himself, it was adopted by the Franciscans and the Templars. Wear marks and old deposit. 18th century or later 20 x 4 mm

A large carnelian intaglio signed Aspasios. Bust of Athena Parthenos. Bust of Athena Parthenos facing left. The effigy is certainly inspired by the famous ancient stone engraved with the same subject and signed by the roman gem engraver Aspasios (red jasper, Rome, Palazzo Massimo National Roman Museum). However, the physiog 18th century. 25 x 35 x 6 mm.

A fine Neoclassical agate cameo set in a gold chiseled brooch. Female bust. Female bust facing left, with hair gathered in bands. Fine engraving quality. Mounted in chiseled gold. 19th century Cameo: 29 x 37 mm; mounting: 38 x 45 mm ;21,42 gr.

A fine Neoclassical carnelian intaglio set in a gold chiseled brooch with pearls. Mythological scene. A Early 19th Century pink gold ciseled brooch framed with grey pearls and set with a large central oval carnelian intaglio. Apollo made immortal by Temi. The young god after being anointed by the nymphs in the waters of the Ocean is made immortal by Temi, who feeds him with nectar and ambrosia. An identical scene is reproduced in the collection of Gems of Prince S. Poniatowski (1830-1833), n°I-235, from an amethyst originally incised by Allion. Early 19th century Stone 37 x 45 mm ; 16,25 gr.

A Neoclassical agate cameo set in a gold and black enamel ring. Helmeted head of Athena facing right, surrounded by a black enameled gold frame with a Greek frieze motif. Originally a cufflink, converted into a ring. Mid 19th century Cameo 17 x 20 mm; 8,50 gr. Ring size 65 1/2

An early Victorian agate cameo set in a gold pendant. Laureated head of Apollo. The deity faces right, with his head crowned with laurel. 19th century Cameo 24 x 32 mm. 10,12 gr.

A postclassical carnelian intaglio set in a later silver ring. Male head. Head of a bearded ruler with crown, facing right. Signs of wear. Neo-Renaissance revival mount, possibly first half of 20th century (silver mark 800). 18th-19th century Stone 15 x 17; gr 14,40; US 10

A dark glass paste impression set in a gold stick pin. Hercules as a child killing the snakes The scene refers to a famous episode from the childhood of Hercules, who strangles the snakes. The infant is sitting on the rocks, killing a snake that clings to his arm, while another lies dead below. Three-layered glass, black and blue, imitating the ni 19th century. Glass 18 x 21 mm; H. 80 mm; 7 gr.

A large Grand Tour reddish brown glass cast impression. Jupiter sitting with the eagle. The model seems to be an intaglio attributed to Luigi Dies (with a Greek signature at the bottom referring to Kromos). For the same subject: intaglio by Giovanni Calandrelli in coll. Poniatowski (Paoletti tome VII, 116). Late 18th-early 19th century. 35 x 40 x 8 mm

A Grand Tour dark brown glass cast impression. Priam pleads with Achilles. Impression taken from a sardonyx intaglio by N. Marchant, circa 1784, for Francis Henry Egerton, Duke of Bridgewater (1736-1803), inspired by the sarcophagus coll. Borghese (Louvre, Paris); Cades 66, 409 ("from the bas-relief already in vila Borghese now in Paris"). Late 18th-early 19th century. 30 x 36 x 7 mm

A lot of 5 Grand Tour glass cast impressions. Various subjects. Transparent glass : Gryllos with warning inscription "FIDE SED CUI VIDE"; orange glass: bust of Achilles signed MARCHANT (taken from a sard intaglio by N. Marchant, British Museum n. inv. 1879,0705.20); dark purple glass: female bust (damaged); light purple glass (amethyst shade): gryllos; transparent glass: bust of Dionysus. Grand Tour era. Late 18th-early 19th century. min. 16 x 20 mm; max. 24 x 30 mm

A lot of 2 Neoclassical glass cast impression. Imperial portraits. Fragmentary and chipped edge . 19th century 15 x 20 x 4 mm; 17 x 22 x 4 mm

A lot of 3 Grand Tour glass cast impressions. Various subjects The Borghese Gladiator (after the sculpture), helmeted head of Athena, sacrificial scene imitating the nicolo. 19th century min. 14 x 18 x 3 mm; max. 19 x 23,5 x 2,5 mm

A lot of 8 Grand Tour glass cast impressions. Various subjects Mythological scenes, portrait busts taken from ancient engraved gems. Various colors.

19th century min. 13 x 14,5 x 3 mm; max. 17 x 20 x 4 mm

A lot of 3 Grand Tour glass cast impressions. Various subjects. A group of three dark orange glass casts, depicting: portrait of Antonio Canova; Allegory of Night from a neoclassical relief by B. Thorvaldsen; bacchanalian scene with drunken Silenus on a donkey. Late 18th-early 19th century. Min. 29 x 37x 5 mm; Max. 42 x 7 mm

A lot of 2 Grand Tour glass cast impressions. Various Subjects. Two impressions, one in lighter brown glass and one darker, after the same intaglio signed by Pichler and depicting Eros riding a winged horse. Late 18th-early 19th century. 26 x 28 x 6 mm

A lot of 3 Grand Tour glass cast impressions. Various subjects. A group of three brownish glass casts, depicting: portrait of Raffaello Sanzio after intaglio by Pichler; Perseus near an idol; bust of Psiche after in intaglio by Pichler. Late 18th-early 19th century. Min. 17 x 22 x 6,5 mm; Max. 20 x 26 x 3,5 mm

A lot of 6 Grand Tour glass cast impressions. Various subjects. A transpaerent glass cast with Eros who puts the arrow in the bow; the others characterized by an orange or dark brown color with: a mythological scene; veiled female head; seated woman with a vase; eros riding a chariot pulled by two griffins; a nereid on a seapanther after an intaglio by Cerbara. Late 18th-early 19th century. Min. 18 x 21 x 5 mm; Max. 25 x 33 x 5 mm

A lot of 3 Grand Tour glass cast impressions. Various subjects. Transparent glasses: a Bacchante; a Muse. Reddish glass: Venus with Eros. Late 18th-early 19th century. Min. 13 x 21 x 2 mm; Max. 17 x 21 x 2 mm