Small Wonders: Early Gems and Jewels

$45,412price paid Lot 18 Italian, 16th century | intaglio with laocoön ×5.5 high estimate Estimate USD 6k – 8k USD 45,412 $38,425price paid Lot 4 Spanish, 17th century | stomacher jewel ×0.9 high estimate Estimate USD 28k – 42k USD 38,425 $34,932price paid Lot 53 Attributed to edward burch (1730-1814) | italian, rome, late 18th century | intaglio with antinous as harpocrates ×5.0 high estimate Estimate USD 4k – 7k USD 34,932 $31,439price paid Lot 54 Italian, 19th century | intaglio with antinous ×2.8 high estimate Estimate USD 8k – 11k USD 31,439 $29,692price paid Lot 57 Giovanni pichler (1734-1791) or luigi pichler (1773-1854) | italian, rome, late 18th century | intaglio with perseus, mounted as a pin ×3.6 high estimate Estimate USD 6k – 8k USD 29,692 $26,199price paid Lot 9 Italian, possibly 12th century, or later | cameo with meleager spearing the erymanthian boar ×9.4 high estimate Estimate USD 2k – 3k USD 26,199 $20,959price paid Lot 13 Circle of properzia de rossi (1490-1530) | italian, 16th century | a rare set of thirteen peach stone carvings with heads of emperors and classical scenes ×0.8 high estimate Estimate USD 17k – 25k USD 20,959 $20,959price paid Lot 47 Giacomo raffaelli (1753-1836) | italian, rome, 1786 | after the antique | the doves of pliny ×3.0 high estimate Estimate USD 4k – 7k USD 20,959 $17,466price paid Lot 62 Italian, early 19th century | intaglio with a crouching warrior ×0.8 high estimate Estimate USD 14k – 21k USD 17,466 $17,466price paid Lot 34 Spanish 17th century | heart shaped devotional pendant ×1.1 high estimate Estimate USD 11k – 17k USD 17,466 $17,466price paid Lot 65 Attributed to giuseppe girometti (1780-1851) | italian, 19th century | cameo of cybele ×4.2 high estimate Estimate USD 3k – 4k USD 17,466 $16,593price paid Lot 33 English or german, 17th/ early 18th century | memento mori ring ×1.5 high estimate Estimate USD 8k – 11k USD 16,593 $15,720price paid Lot 38 Spanish colonial, late 17th century | devotional pendant with the nativity ×1.6 high estimate Estimate USD 7k – 10k USD 15,720 $13,973price paid Lot 68 Italian, 19th century | intaglio with the head of menelaus ×3.4 high estimate Estimate USD 3k – 4k USD 13,973 $13,100price paid Lot 40 European, late 17th century | ring ×5.3 high estimate Estimate USD 2k – 2k USD 13,100 $12,226price paid Lot 8 Pair of gem-set emerald earrings, india, 19th/20th century ×0.9 high estimate Estimate USD 10k – 14k USD 12,226 $12,226price paid Lot 36 Spanish colonial, late 17th century | devotional pendant with st. rosa of lima ×1.8 high estimate Estimate USD 4k – 7k USD 12,226 $11,353price paid Lot 56 Italian, late 18th century | an erotic intaglio with a man and woman in a state of carnal embrace ×1.0 high estimate Estimate USD 8k – 11k USD 11,353 $11,353price paid Lot 16 Spanish or spanish colonial, 16th/ 17th century | ring ×2.7 high estimate Estimate USD 3k – 4k USD 11,353 $10,480price paid Lot 35 Portuguese, late 17th/ 18th century | pendant jewel ×0.9 high estimate Estimate USD 8k – 11k USD 10,480 $9,606price paid Lot 72 Antonio berini | italian, 19th century | cameo of a man, possibly of prince albert ×0.9 high estimate Estimate USD 8k – 11k USD 9,606 $8,733price paid Lot 46 South german, probably augsburg, second half 17th century | pendant frame with associated triple portrait on each side ×1.8 high estimate Estimate USD 3k – 5k USD 8,733 $5,589price paid Lot 24 Italian, late 16th/17th century | cameo of two figures, probably diana and meleager ×1.2 high estimate Estimate USD 3k – 5k USD 5,589 $5,589price paid Lot 50 Italian, 18th century | cameo with a classical hero, possibly diomedes ×1.3 high estimate Estimate USD 3k – 4k USD 5,589 $5,240price paid Lot 17 Italian, 16th century | cameo with the head of hercules ×0.8 high estimate Estimate USD 4k – 7k USD 5,240 $5,240price paid Lot 43 Pill box bearing the royal monogram of king farouk of egypt (r.1936-52), stamped a. aucoc, paris and egypt, 20th century ×0.8 high estimate Estimate USD 4k – 7k USD 5,240 $5,240price paid Lot 39 Spanish, 17th century | ring ×1.9 high estimate Estimate USD 2k – 3k USD 5,240 $4,891price paid Lot 66 Giovanni pichler (1734-1791) or luigi pichler (1773-1854) | italian, rome, late 18th century | intaglio with a young woman ×0.9 high estimate Estimate USD 4k – 6k USD 4,891 $3,493price paid Lot 22 Italian, 16th century | cameo with abundance ×0.8 high estimate Estimate USD 3k – 4k USD 3,493 $3,493price paid Lot 71 Italian, 19th century | intaglio with a gorgon'S head ×0.8 high estimate Estimate USD 3k – 4k USD 3,493 $2,969price paid Lot 48 Italian, roman, early 19th century | roundel with a bridge ×1.4 high estimate Estimate USD 1k – 2k USD 2,969 $2,620price paid Lot 25 Italian, 16th century | cameo with cleopatra ×0.6 high estimate Estimate USD 3k – 4k USD 2,620 $2,096price paid Lot 70 English, 19th century | intaglio with william shakespeare ×0.8 high estimate Estimate USD 2k – 2k USD 2,096 Lot 10 Italian, milan, second half 16th century | a rare sapphire engraved with the crucifixion Estimate USD 25k – 35k Not sold Lot 15 Italian, late 16th century | cameo of cleopatra Estimate USD 25k – 35k Not sold Lot 41 Pair of gem-set and enamelled bracelets with makara-heads, india, 19th/20th century Estimate USD 17k – 21k Not sold Lot 23 Italian, early 19th century | cameo with faustina Estimate USD 11k – 17k Not sold Lot 42 A gem-set and enamelled pendant necklace, india, 19th/20th century and later Estimate USD 14k – 17k Not sold Lot 26 Italian, probably milan, early 17th century | cameo with a woman Estimate USD 6k – 8k Not sold Lot 44 Italian, probably late 17th/18th century | cameo with the young hadrian Estimate USD 6k – 8k Not sold Lot 55 Italian, 18th century | intaglio with mars, venus and cupid Estimate USD 4k – 7k Not sold Lot 60 Italian, 19th century | intaglio with an emperor Estimate USD 4k – 7k Not sold Lot 45 Italian, probably 16th century | intaglio with the head of a man, probably phyrus Estimate USD 3k – 5k Not sold Lot 59 Italian, 17th or 18th century | intaglio with an emperor Estimate USD 3k – 5k Not sold Lot 64 Possibly angelo antonio amastini (1754-1816) or nicolo amastini (1780-1851) | italian, rome, early 19th century | cameo with a bust of apollo Estimate USD 3k – 4k Not sold Lot 67 Vincenzo catenacci (1786-1855) | italian, 19th century | cameo with flora Estimate USD 3k – 4k Not sold Lot 73 Italian, first half 19th century | cameo with nero Estimate USD 3k – 4k Not sold

$775,579price paid Lot 11 Italian, circa 1540 | the arundel zodiac ×3.1 high estimate Estimate USD 166k – 250k USD 775,579 $38,425price paid Lot 12 Italian, probably milan, circa 1600 | cameo with the head of a lion ×1.5 high estimate Estimate USD 17k – 25k USD 38,425 $29,692price paid Lot 27 A gold and polychrome enamel pendant case or 'Tablet', probably english, circa 1600 ×0.9 high estimate Estimate USD 21k – 35k USD 29,692 $27,946price paid Lot 14 Italian, circa 1600 | intaglio with classical scene, possibly mucius scaevola before lars porsenna ×3.4 high estimate Estimate USD 6k – 8k USD 27,946 $24,453price paid Lot 3 Spanish and mexican, circa 1600 | tabernacle jewel in the form of a lantern with micro carvings depicting scenes from the passion of christ: christ carrying the cross; the flagellation; the crucifixion; and the resurrection ×3.5 high estimate Estimate USD 4k – 7k USD 24,453 $20,959price paid Lot 49 Italian, rome, circa 1810 | intaglio with a bacchic scene ×0.8 high estimate Estimate USD 17k – 25k USD 20,959 $15,720price paid Lot 6 Salomon jacobsen (1756- circa 1829) | danish, circa 1820-1835 | after bertel thorvaldsen (1770-1844) | intaglio with pastorello or the shepherd boy ×0.8 high estimate Estimate USD 14k – 21k USD 15,720 $15,720price paid Lot 28 Philippe millot french, paris or dijon, 1619 | double sided case for miniatures ×7.6 high estimate Estimate USD 1k – 2k USD 15,720 $13,973price paid Lot 29 Attributed to jean vangrol french, paris, circa 1640 | pendant with a double sided cameo with jesus christ and the virgin mary ×1.7 high estimate Estimate USD 6k – 8k USD 13,973 $11,353price paid Lot 58 Antonio pazzaglia (circa 1736-1815) | italian, circa 1800 | intaglio with minerva ×1.2 high estimate Estimate USD 7k – 10k USD 11,353 $10,480price paid Lot 37 Spanish, circa 1600 | pectoral crucifix ×2.5 high estimate Estimate USD 3k – 4k USD 10,480 $5,240price paid Lot 61 Italian, circa 1800 | intaglio with menelaus carrying the body of patroclus ×0.8 high estimate Estimate USD 4k – 7k USD 5,240 $5,240price paid Lot 7 Possibly luigi michelini (1830-1855) | profile portrait cameo with the apollo belvedere ×0.9 high estimate Estimate USD 4k – 6k USD 5,240 $4,891price paid Lot 20 Italian, 17th-century or earlier | after giovanni bernardi (1494-1553) | impression of the carlisle gem ×0.7 high estimate Estimate USD 4k – 7k USD 4,891 $4,541price paid Lot 1 Pair of hellenistic gold earrings, circa late 4th/early 3rd century b.c. ×2.7 high estimate Estimate USD 1k – 2k USD 4,541 $4,192price paid Lot 21 Circle of the miseroni workshops | italian, milan, circa 1600 | bust of a classicising woman ×1.0 high estimate Estimate USD 3k – 4k USD 4,192 $3,493price paid Lot 63 Angelo antonio (1754-1816) or niccolò amastini (1780-1851) | italian, circa 1810 | cameo with venus ×0.8 high estimate Estimate USD 3k – 4k USD 3,493 $3,144price paid Lot 51 English or french, circa 1776-1791 | after thomas watson, after daniel gardner (1750-1805) | intaglio with peter abelard ×0.8 high estimate Estimate USD 3k – 4k USD 3,144 $2,795price paid Lot 52 Italian, circa 1810 | intaglio with medusa ×1.0 high estimate Estimate USD 2k – 3k USD 2,795 Lot 30 Louis-nicolas van blarenberghe | 1716 - 1794 | fête champêtre Estimate USD 4k – 7k Not sold Lot 69 Austrian or french, 1806 | ring set with a 17th-century cameo of psyche Estimate USD 5k – 6k Not sold