Georgian Silver 'And The Word Was Made Flesh, And Dwelt Among Us' Iconographic Ring

18TH CENTURY A.D.

3/4 in. (9.55 grams, 20.34 mm overall, 17.06 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)).

Flat-section hoop with incised design including cross in vesica, Calvary with cross, nimbate figure; legend in blackletter miniscule with vertical superscript slashes 'ET VERBUM CARO FACTUM EST ET HAVITAVIT IN NOBIS ('And The Word Was Made Flesh, And Dwelt Among Us'). [No Reserve]

Provenance

Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1980s.

CONDITION

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LOT 2048