Medieval Silver Ring with Glass Gem

CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY AD.

1 in. (4.43 grams, 26.11 mm overall, 18.75 x 16.64 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O 1/2, USA 7 1/4, Europe 15.61, Japan 15)).

D-shaped hoop and trefoil shoulders, square-section bezel with band of pellets, claw setting for an iridescent glass cloison.

Provenance

Ex Cambridgeshire gentleman's collection, 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 563, for type.

CONDITION

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