Strauss & co - 5 March 2018, Cape Town

17 4 5 6 4 18th century gold and enamel mourning ring, 1781 the elliptical-shaped mount with blue enamel and beaded border, inset with an urn on an inscribed plinth, with hairwork beneath, to engraved foliate shoulders, the reverse similarly engraved Matthew Kenrick Esqr. Ob 15. Novr. 1781 AE 84, size N R –  5 18th century gold mourning ring, 1790 the elliptical-shaped mount inset with a plaque painted with a woman seated next to a plinth headed by an urn, the plinth painted with the initials PH, the shoulders engraved with foliate motifs, the reverse engraved Philip Hewes Esq Obt 7 May 1790 AE 73, size K½ R –  6 Georgian black enamel and gold mourning ring set to the centre with an oval plaque decorated with imitation moss agate hairwork, the bezel with bosses, the shank enamelled and inscribed IN MEMORY OF THOS & MARGT ADAMS, size I½ ; a Georgian gold mourning snake ring, with collet-set ruby eyes, open mouth and articulated tongue, the body inset with panels of hairwork, some loss to the hairwork, one ruby deficient, size L ; and a Georgian gold mourning ring, inset with a band of hairwork, vacant rectangular plaque, size N (3) R – 