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Lot 8 Dα

A 14k gold ring with a portrait miniature

Auction 1086 - overview Cologne
18.05.2017, 17:00 - Jewellery
Estimate: 1.200 € - 1.500 €
Result: 1.488 € (incl. premium)

A 14k gold ring with a portrait miniature

With florally engraved band, the bezel set with a gouache on ivory portrait of a gentleman in uniform under a quartz dome. With modern Dutch and French gold import stamps. Bezel 1.7 x 1.5 cm. Weight 11.2 g.
Ca. 1805.

By repute, the gentleman portrayed is said to be Napoleon's general Michel Ney (Saarlouis 1769 - Paris 1815).