Antique yellow gold carnelian snuff box

A Victorian 15ct gold ring set with an oval hand-carved carnelian cameo depicting classical Roman figures. The elongated marquise-shaped mount is decorated with applied bead and foli...

Antique 18th Century Carnelian Intaglio Ring Featuring Roman Emperor Septimus Severus Set in 18kt Yellow Gold Key Features: Stone: Carnelian Intaglio depicting Roman Emperor Septim...

Antique 19th century 21kt gold and carved banded agate cameo brooch. Made in circa 1850s 0 1870s. Cameo Design: The central stone is a multi-layered cameo, carved from agate. It f...

Roman 22kt. gold ring with goat carnelian intaglio. Circa 100 - 300 AD. A lovely carnelian stone intaglio engraved with a goat rearing up a palm tree, set in a gold ring of a thin ...

This oval gold snuff box is inscribed with a crest of ‘a stag trippant’ within mantling of upright ostrich plumes tied with a bow, all below a ducal coronet and above a cypher of the entwined initials ‘B.A.B.’ for Anne of Buccleuch. English, circa 1670. Provenance: Anne, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch (1651-1732) was a wealthy Scottish peeress. After her father died when she was a few months old, and her sisters by the time she was 10, she inherited the family’s titles. She was married, at 12 years old, to James, 1st Duke of Monmouth, the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II, then 14. Following the king’s death in February 1685, James spearheaded an anti-Catholic revolt to depose the new king, James II, and claim the throne from his uncle. The brief Monmouth Rebellion ended in defeat and James, by then Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch, was executed for treason. The Duchess had six children by Monmouth, and a further three by her second husband, Charles, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, whom she married in 1688. She died in 1732 and was succeeded by her grandson, Francis, Earl of Dalkeith. The style of chasing used on this box is very reminiscent of a signed piece in the Gilbert...

A fine vintage Chinese snuff box. In gilt silver. With engraved decoration to the silver throughout and a faceted orange glass lid. Marked to the ...

A 'vinaigrette' in the shape of a small tobacco box. In 18- carat, two- colored, gold (rose and green), it is studded with flower decorations. Marked with two eagles, warranty mark f...

Agate box or snuff-box in of circular form with gently bombé sides, the gold mounted lid is chased with scrollwork. Probably Georges II period. Unmarked gold...