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LOT 0391
Medieval Gold Ring with Garnet
14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (3.94 grams, 24.80 mm overall, 19.72 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)).
Carinated hoop with granules to the shoulders, ropework collar to the bezel with inset replaced garnet cabochon.
Provenance
Purchased at the Cumberland Hotel Fair, 1987.
Property of a Kent gentleman.
Literature
Cf. Ward, A., Cherry, J., Gere, C. & Cartlidge, B., Rings Through the Ages, Fribourg, 1981, item 159, for type.
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