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LOT 0478

Sold for (Inc. bp): £19,500

TUDOR ENAMELLED GOLD RING WITH DIAMOND CRYSTAL
16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.28 grams, 24.10 mm overall, 17.60 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5 3/4, Europe 11.24, Japan 10)).

A Tudor or early Stuart period gold ring with D-section hoop, waisted, T-shaped shoulders with arched scroll forming loop, pellet to base, square pyramid bezel with geometric 'strapwork' to reverse, egg-and-dart band to the shoulder and scallops above, set with a polished diamond crystal, remains of white enamelling and niello to the shoulders and bezel, with a spot of duck egg blue enamelling above each shoulder.

PROVENANCE:
From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister; from her collection formed early 1960s-1990s.
Accompanied by scholarly note TL05424 by Dr Ronald Bonewitz.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11194-186444.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, Leeds, 1994, p.211, item 689, for similar; cf. The British Museum, museum number 1872,0604.425, for comparable; cf. Scarisbrick, D. (ed.), Towards an Art History of Medieval Rings: A Private Collection, London, 2007, pp.204-205, for similar.

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