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LOT 0613
Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,875
JAMES I PERIOD GOLD RING WITH DIAMOND
EARLY 17TH CENTURY AD
1" (9.17 grams, 25.91mm overall, 17.68mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)).
EARLY 17TH CENTURY AD
1" (9.17 grams, 25.91mm overall, 17.68mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)).
A gold ring with D-section band flaring to ornamented and scrolled shoulders supporting a square cell bezel holding a square diamond of early cut.
PROVENANCE:
Property of a UK gentleman; acquired from a London gallery in the late 1980s; formerly from a private European collection, formed in the 1960s and 1970s; accompanied by an independent specialist report and valuation by graduate gemmologist and jewellery expert Anna Rogers, GIA GG, BA, Gem-A, ref. no. 0613/02/06/2020.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Dalton, O. M., Franks Bequest Catalogue of the Finger Rings, British Museum, London, 1912, nos. 1908-1909 for similar form.
