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LOT 0385
Medieval Silver-Gilt Iconographic Ring with Saints
15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (4.86 grams, 23.55 mm overall, 18.78 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 flanked by flowers dividing the bezel into two panels, each with a reserved standing figure: each a female saint in floor-length robe; Virgin Mary on the left panel holding an infant and St Barbara carrying a miniature tower, her attribute.
ProvenanceEx Thomas collection, UK, 1960s-1980s.
Property of a Cambrigeshire, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 587, for type.
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