Jewellery, Watches and Objects of Vertu to include the personal archive of Louis Osman, goldsmith and architect

A George III gold memorial ring, the broad ring with central black enamel band inset with gold lettering reading: ‘Sr (sic) CULLING-SMTIH, Bt OB 19 OCT 1812 AET 8’, between inner and outer milled borders, bearing full hallmark for London, 1812 and maker’s mark ‘WH’, ring size S (leading edge). £260-300

Sir Culling Smith, 1st Baronet, (1731-1812) was the son of Thomas Smith and Culling Horne,. He was created 1st Baronet Smith of Hadley, Co. Middlesex on 22nd December 1802.