Glass Tassie ‘intaglio’ seal ring c.1790.
The Tassie depicts a tired, chained Cupid leaning on an adze after an Ancient Greek gem described in the James Tassie archive.
Likely a fob seal converted long ago to a ring with a 15ct gold wide band.
Beautiful Roman setting and a delightful, romantic subject.
Tassie 2.4 by 2cms.
James Tassie(1735-1799)was the most prolific collector and merchant of impressions of classical gems of the 18th century.
The James Tassie catalogue (1775) in the Beazeley Archive of the Oxford University describes the ‘Cupid standing as if fatigued leaning on a hoe’.Cat.no.6988.
Tassie describes making ‘impressions in sulphur,of antique and modern gems from which pastes are made and sold’.
Size 5.5.