Lot 430: ATTRIBUTED TO LORENZ NATTER (1705-1763) GERMAN, CIRCA 1750 | Ring with an intaglio with the head of Bacchus

agate, set in gold

bezel: 15mm.,  9/16 in.<br />ring size: E

agate, set in gold

Overall the condition of the ring is very good, with some minor dirt and wear to the surface consistent with age, with a few flecks of dirt in the crevices of the hair and beard of the figure. There is minute losses on the edge of the bezel at the top and the underside.
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L. Natter, Catalogue des pierre gravees...de mylord Comte de Bessborough, London, 1761, p.18, no. LXXII (as Plato);
M.H. Story-Maskelyne, The Marlborough Gems, London, 1870, no. 179;
J. Boardman et al., The Marlborough Gems. Formerly at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, Oxford, 2009, no. 405, p.181

William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough, 3rd Viscount Duncannon, Parkstead House, Roehampton, until 1793;
George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace; 
and thence by family descent until 1875;
David Bromilow, London;
Christie, Manson and Woods London, Catalogue of the Marlborough Gems: Being a Collection of Works in Cameo and Intaglio Formed by George, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, 27 June 1899, lot 179;
with the dealer Whelan