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Neoclassical emerald intaglio ring, circa 1850.
Ref: 14873
Neoclassical emerald intaglio ring, circa 1850. A yellow gold ring in the form of two classical nude figures locked in embrace, with one figure supporting a cushion shaped emerald intaglio carved with a putto playing a double pipe, symbolic of love, the emerald in a collet setting engraved with a repeating acanthus leaf border, and with an approximate total weight of 0.80 carats, the bottom of the shank in a curved columnar form with simplified Corinthian capitals supporting the feet of each figure.
This piece is highly similar to a ring in the Alice and Louis Koch Collection of rings, cat. 1316. Both are composed of two figures supporting a cushion shaped emerald intaglio with Classical engraving, and in both examples the figures are supported by Corinthian capitals, and thus are likely by the same maker. The use of emerald intaglios is typical of the mid-nineteenth century. Full-length figural forms became popular in Parisian jewellery in the second quarter of the nineteenth century, inspired by the work of the famous French goldsmith Francois-Désiré Froment Meurice (1802-1855).
This piece is highly similar to a ring in the Alice and Louis Koch Collection of rings, cat. 1316. Both are composed of two figures supporting a cushion shaped emerald intaglio with Classical engraving, and in both examples the figures are supported by Corinthian capitals, and thus are likely by the same maker. The use of emerald intaglios is typical of the mid-nineteenth century. Full-length figural forms became popular in Parisian jewellery in the second quarter of the nineteenth century, inspired by the work of the famous French goldsmith Francois-Désiré Froment Meurice (1802-1855).
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