Lot 249 , A collection of cameos and intaglios

A collection of cameos and intaglios, comprising: a glass intaglio, stained to the reverse, with a figure of a classical lady resting on a pedestal, signed Hecker, possibly after an original by Christian Friedrich Hecker (1754-95), measuring approximately 1.6 x 1.8cm, mounted as a stick pin, length 7.5cm; a red glass intaglio imitating carnelian, carved with a lady and an anchor, symbolising Hope, mounted in a gold stick pin, length 6.4cm, Austrian assay marks for gold, gross weight approximately 2.3 grams; a glass intaglio stick pin depicting a javelin or discus thrower, length 7.2cm; another glass intaglio depicting Venus, surmounted by a quartz cat's eye cabochon, length 2.9cm; a modern carnelian intaglio stick pin in the Gnostic style, length 7cm; and a mother of pearl cameo designed as a leaping boar, 3.8 x 2.7cm
£80-120