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Description : A ROMAN CARNELIAN RINGSTONE WITH MERCURY CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D. 3⁄4 in. (1.9 cm.) long Please note this lot is the property of a private individual. Provenance Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel (1586-1646), Arundel House, London; thence by continuous descent to Jane Bickerton Howard (1643-1693), Arundel House, London. Henry Mordant, 2nd Earl of Peterborough (1621-1697), Drayton House, Northamptonshire, acquired from the above, circa 1690; thence by continuous descent to her great-niece, Mary Beauclerk (1743-1812), 1762. George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough (1739-1817), Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, acquired from the above, circa 1765; thence by continuous descent to John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822-1883), Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire. The Marlborough Gems: Being a Collection of Works in Cameo and Intaglio Formed by George, Third Duke of Marlborough, Christie's, London, 28 June-1 July 1875, lot 173. David Bromilow (1809-1898), Bitteswell Hall, Leicestershire, acquired from the above; thence by descent to his daughter, Julia Harriet Mary Jary, Bitteswell Hall, Leicestershire, 1898. The Marlborough Gems: A Collection of Works in Cameo and Intaglio Formed by George, Third Duke of Marlborough, Purchased by the Late David Bromilow, Esq., of Bitteswell Hall, Lutterworth, the Property of Mrs. Jary, Christie's, London, 26-29 June 1899, lot 173. Ready, acquired from the above (according to auctioneer's book). Henry Oppenheimer (1859-1932), London. Catalogue of the Collection of Egyptian, Greek & Roman Antiquities, Cameos and Intaglios Formed by the Late Henry Oppenheimer, Esq., F.S.A., Christie's, London, 22-23 July 1936, lot 194. Santamaria, acquired from the above (according to auctioneer's book). Giorgio Sangiorgi (1886-1965), Rome, acquired and brought to Switzerland by 1965; thence by descent to the current owner.
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