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LOT 1871
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.
ProvenanceEx Cambridgeshire gentleman's collection, 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 563, for type.
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