Аукцион 107
от Bertolami Fine Art
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22.4.22
London, Италия
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22 aprile 2022 ore 15:00 CEST (14:00 BST)
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ЛОТ 339:
An important carnelian intaglio set in a silver ring. Portrait of Dr. R. Carmichael by Forster.
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Продан за: £2 000
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2 000
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£3 000 - £5 000
Комиссия аукционного дома: 26%
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An important carnelian intaglio set in a silver ring. Portrait of Dr. R. Carmichael by Forster.
19th century.
Stone 21 x 27 mm; ring size 17 x 21 mm; 10,59 gr.
Important silver ring with a large square bezel, set with a carnelian intaglio bust of Dr. Carmichael facing right, signed W C FORSTER on a cartouche. Dr. Richard Carmichael (1779-1849) was a celebrated Irish surgeon and Professor of Anantomy. He had performed the first parotidectomy in Ireland in 1817 (without Anesthesia) and founded the Irish Medical Ass. in 1840. Willaim Charles Foster (1816 - c. 1911) was the son of a gem engraver and lithographer called Thomas Forster (c. 1782-1869). Published: Leonard Forrer, Biographical dictionary of medallist, London 1923, vol. VII p. 314.
Provenance: from the collection of Raphael Esmerian (1903-1976).
