Medieval Silver Ring with 'S' Bezel

ENGLAND OR GERMANY, 15TH CENTURY A.D.

7/8 in. (4.35 grams, 21.25 mm overall, 17.64 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M 1/2, USA 6 1/4, Europe 13.09, Japan 12)).

The hoop formed of ten raised bosses and the bezel in the form of a Lombardic letter ’S’.

Provenance

Acquired on the European art market.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch collection, Leeds, 1994, vol. 1, p. 177, no. 581, for a similar; another example in bronze in the collection of the British Museum, London, accession no.775-1871.

Footnotes

Decade or rosary rings were used in personal Catholic prayer, similar to rosaries, with each projection representing a Hail Mary, and the bezel (often formed as a cross) for the Our Father prayer.

CONDITION

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