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LOT 2338
Medieval Silver-Gilt Ring with Hatching
CIRCA 15TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (4.4 grams, 20.65 mm overall, 17.39 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)).
Lentoid-section hoop with expanding shoulders and carinated rectangular bezel; decorated with lateral bands of punched hatching.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1970s-1980s.
Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 587, for type.
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LOT 2338
Medieval Silver-Gilt Ring with Hatching
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) +BP*
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Medieval Inscribed Bronze Ring
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Opening Bid: £5
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Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Folkestone and Hythe, Kent, UK. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.KENT-0856C8. -
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Large Medieval Silver Signet Ring with Intaglio
Circa 14th century A.D. or laterEstimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Comprising a broad lentoid-section hoop with notch to underside, twist detailing and low-relief nielloed scrolls and hatching; columnar bezel with ropework ornament; inset carnelian intaglio horseman holding a cross (or sword in scabbard) with legend 'MX AFB'. 18.12 grams, 30.74 mm overall, 18.29 x 20.30 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. Accompanied by correspondence from Derek Content including references from 8 June 1997.
