Fine Jewellery - Day Two - 30th October 2025

Lot 490

A ROMAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIO, 1ST CENTURY AD

Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £2540

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Description

A ROMAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIO, 1ST CENTURY AD, depicting a quadriga with horses, the winning driver with palm branch and the standing figure of Victoria behind about to crown him with a laurel wreath, in a later closed-back low carat gold mount engraved 'Charles Jones obt 27 Sept 1843', intaglio 15.18 x 13.31mm, shank size M, early 19th century case

Provenance: The Michael Baggott Collection.