Medieval Bronze Ring with Warrior

16TH CENTURY A.D.

1 in. (7.78 grams, 24.23 mm overall, 19.54 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 9 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)).

The hoop with keeled shoulders with lines of pointillé decoration, a hexagonal bezel with an incuse stylised figure. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000.
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Literature

Cf. for the type Bailey, G., Detector finds 6, Witham, 2005, p.30, fig.C8.17 (hexagonal signet ring).

Footnotes

The finger rings worn by merchants and tradesmen were made of different metals. The commonest were in brass or bronze. The merchants and tradesmen ordered various devices to be engraved on the bezels of their rings, and sometimes they gave the appearance of heraldic blazons.

CONDITION

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