Onyx cameo of Cybele/Ariadne(?) with a gold scrolled mount
Cameo: 16th cent.; Mount: early 18th cent.
Cameo: Milanese; Mount: English(?)
First recorded in the Royal Collection in 1872
Onyx cameo of an Amazon with a gold and enamel mount
Cameo: 16th cent.; Mount: mid-17th cent.
Cameo: North Italian; Mount: French
First recorded in the Royal Collection in 1872
Sardonyx cameo of a cupid crowning Venus(?) with a double-sided closed gold and enamel mount
Cameo: 1st cent. BC; Mount: c.1660
Cameo: early Roman; Mount: French
First recorded in the Royal Collection in 1872
Gold ring with a sardonyx cameo of a maenad
Cameo: 2nd-1st centuries BC; Ring: late 18th cent.
First recorded in the Royal Collection in 1872
Gold ring with an almandine garnet intaglio of Artemis
Intaglio: 1st cent. BC; Ring: late 1st-early 2nd cent. AD
First recorded in the Royal Collection in 1914
Memorial Ring, c. 1792, navette-shaped 14kt gold ring with seed pearls surrounding sepia inkwork on ivory with an image of a lady mourning beside an urn-topped monument, the border inscribed “SACRED WILL I KEEP THY DEAR REMAINS,” the band with chased inscription “JANET BUTLER OB. 11 JAN. 1792 AE 24,” size 11 1/2.
Estimate $600-800
Afternoon dress
Yellow satin stripe silk gauze
Circa 1892, France
Description:Worth designed in an era when a multitude of rules governed dress, and small details told a great deal about a woman’s social standing. During the 19th century, ladies wore certain garments only when receiving guests, making calls, and attending a wide variety of functions, including teas, dinners, balls, and the opera. This handsome two-piece ensemble, designed by the House of Worth in the early 1890s, would have been worn during the spring or summer, in the afternoon to a party or when visiting socially. One can imagine how the brilliant yellow would have shimmered as its wearer moved in bright sunlight.
Costume designed by Adrian for Gladys George in Marie Antoinette (1938).
From The Museum at FIT
