A high carat gold cameo ring, with the head of a bearded gentleman, possibly St Paul, in a landscape position, to a tapered shallow court section shank. 6.60mm wide, 5.46g. Finger size I¾- J Condition report: Scratches and marks consistent with its age. Wear to the detail of the head and face. Has been sized up in the past. A noticeable paler lower carat section. 9-9.5mm long. Tested as above 18ct gold, possibly 18-20ct. Lots 3, 4, 6, 7 From the private collection of Cecil Delisle Burns, who trained for the priesthood at the College Inglese, Via di Monserrato Rome, from 1901. 'My paternal Grandfather Cecil Delisle Burns trained for the priesthood at the College Inglese, via Monserrato Rome, from 1901. Having completed his training, he returned to England to await a Diocese, he was offered the Diocese of Brentford. However, he and several others within the Catholic Church were seen as Modernist influences and were effectively hounded out of the Church because of their refusal to conform to what they saw as outdated practices'. Thence by descent.