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LOT 1846
Medieval Gold Bishop's Stirrup Ring with Green Cabochon
CIRCA 14TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (0.57 grams, 19.74 mm overall, 17.12 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)).
With a slender hoop and raised bezel set with a green cabochon.
ProvenanceFrom an old English collection, 1980s.
LiteratureCf. The V&A Museum, accession number 65-1871, for similar; Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 565.
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LOT 1846
Medieval Gold Bishop's Stirrup Ring with Green Cabochon
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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From the 12th to 14th century, there was a large industry producing metal objects decorated in enamel using the champlevé technique, of which most of the survivals and probably most of the original production, are religious objects such as reliquaries, crosses and statues of saints. The centre of this production was Limoges, France.
