A rare German 14k red gold perpetual calendar ring - image-1
A rare German 14k red gold perpetual calendar ring - image-2
A rare German 14k red gold perpetual calendar ring - image-1A rare German 14k red gold perpetual calendar ring - image-2

Lot 42 Dα

A rare German 14k red gold perpetual calendar ring

Auction 1107 - overview Cologne
14.05.2018, 17:00 - Jewellery
Estimate: 2.500 € - 3.000 €
Result: 9.920 € (incl. premium)
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A rare German 14k red gold perpetual calendar ring

Designed as two concentric enamelled bands, the inner band of which can be adjusted via a button to change the day of the month, which appears in an aperture next to the days of the week. The months divided by coloured enamel strips. Minimal wear to the enamel. Diameter 2 cm. Ring size 60. Weight 4.6 g.
Ca. 1830/40

Literature

Cf. 25000 Jahre Schmuck, Staatliche Museen Preußischer Kulturbesitz Berlin, 2013, p. ???? for a very similar calendar ring housed in the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin (inv. no. 1918,445).