Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$6,200.00
$6,200.00
Poesy rings were popular in England and France during the 16th through the 17th centuries as lover's gifts. The quotations were often from courtship stories and are usually inscribed on the inner surface of the ring as is the case in this one. This ring amusingly reads "A virtuous Wife Preferreth Life". We imagine that in the 17th century, a woman was indeed better off being virtuous! We think this could make a more unusual and unique wedding band than a gold band...
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$10,000.00
$10,000.00
Late renaissance memento mori skull ring. "Memento mori" jewelry translates to "remember thou must die", a reminder to all to live life fully, as death awaits. Memento mori rings were meant to encourage the practice of reflection on one's mortality. This is a very early ring with black enamel etching along the sides and back and a perfectly shaped skull in intaglio on the front. The ring is silver gilt with black enamel carving. Circa 1620. US size 8 1/2.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800
item #1180782
(stock #SR1994)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
This Chelsea "gold anchor" period porcelain seal of a lady has a motto and a hardstone seal. It dates to 1759-1768. We have a collection of these early Chelsea "toys". You can check our web site for others.
Condition: excellent
Exquisite Georgian rock crystal riviere set in silver with a 15k gold mount and an open back. Rock Crystal is transparent quartz often seen in fine antique jewelry. It is extremely hard and was thought to transmit positive energy and to have healing properties. This rare necklace is wonderful for evening wear. With its mass of crystals gems mounted perfectly next to its neighbor, with little to no metal clasps visible in between, this necklace creates a lovely composition on one's neck...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800
item #1180820
(stock #SR1777)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$475.00
$475.00
Worcester, Dr. Wall period soft paste porcelain tea bowl and saucer in the "fence" pattern, a well known transfer design, circa 1775
Condition: excellent
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$2,600.00
$2,600.00
Our exceptional 18K Georgian woven mesh featherlight necklace is both light in color and weightless about the neck. Woven mesh chains like this one are rarely found, as their delicacy makes them quite fragile and few have survived over the years. We have found one which has weathered the passage of time beautifully and likely sat in someone's jewelry drawer untouched for many generations...
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$2,400.00
$2,400.00
Lovely Georgian five stone paste ring set in 15K gold and silver. The center stone is set in an ornate basket setting. This rare ring is great to wear alone or stacked with other rings. The ring is a size 9.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800
item #1180978
(stock #P10009)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$4,855.00
$4,855.00
How rare it is to find an early soft paste porcelain platter of this size, 16" X 20". This platter in excellent condition is made by the "Bow" factory circa 1765
Condition: excellent Width: 16 inches, Length: 20 inches
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800
item #1180352
(stock #SR8074)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$1,850.00
$1,850.00
c. 1780, Candlesconces gone, 6 1/2" Height. Condition: excellent
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$8,425.00
$8,425.00
Eye catching 15K gold and amethyst ring surrounded by pave set chrysoberyls from Portuguese mines in Brazil. Fabulous jewelry was made from the various gemstones exported from these mines until the French invasion of Portugal in 1809. The ring is size 8 1/4 and can be sized to fit.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1800
item #1180261
(stock #SR8110)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$455.00
$455.00
c. 1770, 6 1/2"L x 1 3/4"W x 4" Height. Condition: excellent
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800
item #1180271
(stock #SR8095)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$890.00
$890.00
c. 1780, 3"W x 5"H. Condition: excellent
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1800
item #1180341
(stock #SR8088)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$895.00
$895.00
c. 1790, 8"H. Condition: excellent
Georgian ring of green paste in a basket setting flanked by two clear pastes on each side. Paste is colored or clear glass, often lead or flint, cut in the same fashion as gemstones and used as a substitute especially while traveling. Antique paste jewelry was valued on its own merits and not as an imitation of another piece of jewelry. This Georgian 15K gold, green paste ring is a size 7 1/2 and can be sized. It measures 1/4" at its widest.
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$8,600.00
$8,600.00
Exquisite Georgian verre églomisé, or gilded glass, portrait ring surrounded by seed pearls. Verre églomisé is a French term meaning gilded glass and is a decorative technique in which the back side of glass is gilded with gold leaf. The gilding may also be combined with reverse painting on glass as in this case.
This ring has very large verre églomisé panel with a black silhouette of a peasant girl against a gilded background...
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$3,600.00
$3,600.00
Dramatic and rare Georgian 18K gold and agate navette shaped ring revealing endless variations of the moss agate stone. Navette means "little ship", and shaped like a pointed oval. Agate is a variety of quartz that occurs naturally in nature and during the period that this ring was made, were mined in Scotland. The brown, black and tan colors swirl around the ring in a lively array. Every plane of our agate navette ring has smooth polished surraces, with the gold band as reflective as a mirror...
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
Original eighteenth century Chelsea Seal in the form of a grotesque figure of a black masked man with 3 cornered ("tri-corn") hat. The tri-cornered hat was a popular hat worn in the 18th century by both aristocracy and commoners, as it was designed to better reveal one's highly fashionable wig. Our male figure is in black breeches, standing on a white base with the motto "Tou jour gay" ("always happy")...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800
item #1180889
(stock #P4300)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$4,135.00
$4,135.00
This beautiful Dr. Wall period Worcester soft paste porcelain compote is a large early piece with fancy birds decoration and blue border. Its probably from the Giles workshop.
Condition: excellent Height: 11 inches