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LOT 0324
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’.
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market.
LiteratureCf. 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.
FootnotesDecade 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.
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LOT 0324
Medieval Silver Ring with 'S' Bezel
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£300 (EUR 348; USD 405) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £100
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Medieval Ring with Pentagram
12th-14th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With a wide hoop and an X-motif on each shoulder, oval bezel with a pentagram within pelletted border. 6.26 grams, 21.40 mm overall, 18.99 x 19.16 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19)
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Medieval Silver Ring with Glass Gem
Circa 14th-15th century AD.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £81
D-shaped hoop and trefoil shoulders, square-section bezel with band of pellets, claw setting for an iridescent glass cloison. 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)
Ex Cambridgeshire gentleman's collection, 1990s.
