A rare cut gold and enamel ring, late 18th century

A rare cut gold and enamel ring, late 18th century, of elongated oval outline, the central glazed panel containing sheet gold, cut in silhouette to depict the entwined initials LL beneath two flaming hearts on an altar, a festoon of flowers and two doves, on a blue guilloché enamel ground, within an engraved gold mount applied with green and white enamel, to a fluted band with shoulders modelled as acanthus leaves, size N1/2, front measuring 3.1 x 1.5cm

Cf.: Anna Beatriz-Chadour, Rings: Anna and Louis Koch Collection, Routledge, 1994, no. 995-998 for 18th century rings in a similar technique