Strauss & co - 15 October 2018, Cape Town

14 2 1 Georgian gold and enamel mourning ring, late 18th century and later the oblong-shaped mount with blue enamel, gilt-line highlights and half- pearl beaded border, inset with an urn on a plinth painted with the initials A.H., with hairwork beneath, to plain shoulders, later shank, size L R –  2 19th century portrait miniature of a gentleman oval, wearing a white stock, cravat and charcoal jacket, the reverse set with an oval-shaped hair compartment embellished with beaded initials and enclosed by half-pearls, to a fixed bale and gold frame, half-pearl missing, height approximately 80mm R –  * This lot is not suitable for export 3 Georgian Lover’s eye ring formerly a brooch , painted with a brown eye, set within a bezel and gadrooned border, enclosed by a serpent with a ruby-set eye, the reverse with locket compartment, set to a later mount and shank, size L R –  4 Gold Archaeological Revival mourning locket/pendant, 19th century the hinged locket decorated with fine granulation to a conforming tubular mount embellished with rope and filigree-work, set to a bale, the reverse with glazed compartment enclosing hair and seed-pearls, stamped with maker’s initials AM and CF, length approximately 73mm R –  1 3 4