Medieval Silver-Gilt Stirrup Ring with 'AVE MARIA' and Clasped Hands

CIRCA 13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.

7/8 in. (4.02 grams, 23.60 mm overall, 16.75 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)).

With D-section hoop and conical bezel terminating in a cell (empty); underside with mane in fede motif; Lombardic script legend 'AVE MARIA' to outer face.

Provenance

Acquired in the 1970s-1980s.
Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 565, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 2197