Post Medieval Signet Ring with a Galloping Stag

GERMANY, MID-17TH CENTURY A.D.

1 in. (10.99 grams, 23.27 mm overall, 18.43 x 19.06 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)).

Comprising a thick D-section hoop with facetted shoulders, an octagonal bezel with a deeply engraved image of a galloping stag on a baseline.

Provenance

Acquired on the European art market.
UK, private collection.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13506-263461.

Literature

Cf. a similar ring in Chadour A.B., Rings. The Alice and Luis Koch Collection, Part I, Leeds 1994, item 795, for the type.

Footnotes

The ring's style indicates a 17th-century origin, reflecting the period's fascination with equine motifs in Germany following the publication of Georg Engelhard von Löhneysen’s pioneering equestrian treatise, Die neu eröffnete Hof-, Kriegs- und Reitschul.

CONDITION

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