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LOT 0412
Medieval Gold Ring with Ruby
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (1.52 grams, 21.31 mm overall, 15.89 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K, USA 5 1/4, Europe 9.95, Japan 9)).
Flat-section hoop with raised heart to each shoulder, square bezel with arcading to the outer face, inset table-cut ruby.
ProvenanceFrom the late Alison Barker collection, 1970-1990.
LiteratureCf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 622, for type.
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