Jennifer Tonkin
Co-Head of Department UK
Lot 25
A SILVER LION RING, BY MOSHEH OVED, CIRCA 1945-50
28 April 2021, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £7,012.50 inc. premium
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A SILVER LION RING, BY MOSHEH OVED, CIRCA 1945-50
Of hammered finish with a gold mane, the band forming its front and back legs and tail, unsigned, ring size K½
Footnotes
Mosheh Oved (1885-1958), the charismatic owner of Bloomsbury antique shop, Cameo Corner, was an authority on cameos, antique watches and clocks as well as being a writer, sculptor and poet. Whilst sheltering in the basement of Cameo Corner during the blitz, he modelled the first of his animal ring designs out of wax - a lamb on wobbly legs - in order to steady his trembling hands. Later he would add many more animals to his menagerie of rings in both gold and silver. This lion is a rarely seen example.
