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)).

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.

CONDITION

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LOT 1599

Medieval Large Gold Ring with Sapphire Cabochon

Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,920

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