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LOT 1778
Medieval Silver Ring with Cross
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
1 in. (13.69 grams, 26.51 mm overall, 21.04 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V, USA 10 1/2, Europe 23.77, Japan 22)).
Stepped shoulders with hatched detailing, ellipsoid bezel with incised quatrefoil on a hatched field.
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market, 1980s-1990s.
LiteratureCf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, items 613, 624, for type.
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