Elizabethan Gold Ring with Emerald

16TH-EARLY 17TH CENTURY A.D.

7/8 in. (4.75 grams, 23.84 mm overall, 18.95 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).

Slender carinated hoop with splayed shoulders and chased ornament, tiered rectangular bezel displaying stylised petals, scalloping above, set with cut and polished emerald inlay.

Provenance

Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.201078.

Literature

Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1872,0604.425, for similar; cf. The V&A Museum, accession numbers 947-1871 and 731-1902, for similar.

CONDITION

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LOT 0409