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LOT 1599
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,920
MEDIEVAL LARGE GOLD RING WITH SAPPHIRE CABOCHON
14TH-15TH CENTURY AD
1" (4.78 grams, 26mm overall, 18.72mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18.34, Japan 18)).
14TH-15TH CENTURY AD
1" (4.78 grams, 26mm overall, 18.72mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18.34, Japan 18)).
A large ring with elliptical-section hoop expanding to the shoulders supporting a very large hexagonal pie-dish bezel with scooped upper faces, with inset hardstone cabochon, probably a sapphire.
PROVENANCE:
Found Emsworth, Hampshire, UK, in 2014.
PUBLISHED:
Recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme with reference number HAMP-EBA980; accompanied by a print out of the PAS report.
LITERATURE:
Disclaimed under the Treasure Act, reference number 2014 T11. Cf. Taylor, G. & Scarisbrick, D. Finger Rings from Ancient Egypt to the Present Day, Oxford, 1978, item 295.
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