LOT 0332

Medieval Gold Fede Ring with Amethysts

CIRCA 14TH CENTURY A.D.

3/4 in. (2.14 grams, 20.76 mm overall, 17.48 x 16.74 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M 1/2, USA 6 1/4, Europe 13.09, Japan 12)).

Comprising a D-section hoop with clasped-hands motif to the underside; three radiating cells to the bezel, the outer two each with an amethyst cabochon, the central one absent.

Acquired from Derek Content, 23 January 1995.
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.

Accompanied by an original invoice from Derek Content, 23 January 1995.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13453-259908.

Cf. Dalton, O.M., The Franks Bequest Catalogue of Finger Rings, London, 1912, item 1026, for the type.

The ring belongs to the category of fede rings, characterised by clasped hands on the back and ruby sets, conical bezels with oval settings. Sometimes, three knobs were used in place of the set of stones.