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LOT 2026
Medieval Silver Ring with Cross Design
14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (8.05 grams, 24.58 mm overall, 19.80 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)).
With trumpet-shaped bezel, reserved cross on a field with punched annulets, pellet to centre.
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Popovic, M., Gabelic, S., Cvetovic, B., Popovic, B., The Church of St. Nicholas in Stanicenje' Beograd, 2005, p.41, figs.19-20, for rings with similar decoration.
FootnotesSimilar rings were found in the aristocratic cemetery of Stanicenje, in Serbia. These graves often contained traces of gold embroidered textile fabrics associated with hollow metal ball buttons, earrings and rings. Such rings were used by pre-Ottoman Balkan nobles as indicators of rank, particularly in the Serbian and Bulgarian empires.
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Medieval Jewelled Gilt Bronze Cross Mount
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