Medieval Silver Ring with Griffin

14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.

1 in. (13.66 grams, 26.45 mm overall, 21.80 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U, USA 10, Europe 22.52, Japan 21)).

A silver finger ring with carinated shoulders bearing hatched panels, ellipsoid bezel with pelletted border, reserved advancing griffin with arched neck and raised wing. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.

Literature

Cf. Oman, C.C., British Rings 800-1914, London, 1974, pl.42(C), for type.

CONDITION

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