Ricci, Seymour de: Catalogue of a collection of ancient rings formed by the late E. Guilhou (Paris: Berger, 1912)

PLATE XXIV

EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH
CENTURY RINGS
1571. Gold. A ring, the bezel showing under glass a large
miniature (a female bust) surrounded by small dia-
monds.
1572. Gold. A ring, the oval bezel showing a miniature
under glass : an aged man nearly in half figure.
1573. Gold. A ring, the revolving octogonal bezel bearing
under glass on one side the initials LMP and on the
other a lock of hair with the words.
SOUVENIR AFFLIGEANT
1574. Gold. A ring with an oval bezel containing under
glass a tuft of hair, with the inscription : Prdcieuse
r clique. Cheveux du Roi Louis XVI. Succession Cltiry.
llfitel des Ventes de Rouen, 10 mars 1896.
1575. Gold. A ring with a large octogonal bezel showing
under glass a tuft of hair and the busts in grisaille of
Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette and Louis XVII.
1576. Gold. A ring with an oval bezel containing a single
hair, with the inscription: Barbe d'llenri IV. Prised
Saint-Denis le 13-Sbre 1793.
1577. Gold. A ring with an octogonal bezel showing under
glass a portrait of Louis XVI with the inscription :
I** Janvier 1793.