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LOT 0376
Medieval Silver Gilt Iconographic Ring with Saints
15TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (3.96 grams, 21.91 mm overall, 17.75 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)).
The lower shank with twisted ropework detailing and beaded bands, the shoulders with raised median beaded bands developing to a horizontal ridge dividing the bezel into two panels, each with a reserved standing figure: left, female saint in floor-length robe; right, facing male saint in knee-length tunic; probably Virgin Mary and St John the Baptist. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
Literature
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 587, for type.
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