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Lot 53
Sale 5248 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
Nov 15, 2017
5:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$1,000 -
1,500
Price Realized
$2,800
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Two gold, enamel and ivory mourning rings Probably England, dated 1772 and 1797
Both of marquise form, the first, painted with covered urn beneath flying angel holding cherub, the white enamel surround inscribed, "SAML BROMLY. ROSE. OB: 23 OCT: 1772. AE: 6 YS"; the second, with obelisk raised on plinth beneath weeping willow tree, the black enamel surround inscribed, "JOHN WOODRUFF OB: 2. JULY. 1797. AET 59," both seemingly unmarked.
Ring size(s): 7 & 10 1/2