Medieval Gold Inscribed Signet Ring with Couchant Hound

15TH CENTURY AD

1" (14 grams, 23mm overall, 19.95mm internal diameter (approximate size British U, USA 10, Europe 22.52, Japan 21)).

A D-section gold hoop with flared shoulders and discoid bezel; diagonal beaded bands to the lower hoop, diagonal scooped bands to the shoulders with flower and crown detailing; the bezel with couchant hound in a field with 'mgy' and asterisk above within a beaded border; blackletter text to the inside of the hoop 'Honneur+et+Joye'.

Provenance

From an important London collection, acquired in the 1990s. Accompanied by a X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B. Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 607 for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0517

Medieval Gold Inscribed Signet Ring with Couchant Hound

Sold for (Inc. bp): £32,240

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