Post Medieval Silver Ring with 'In this Sign is Health' and Lion

CIRCA 16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.

1 in. (10.31 grams, 28. 09 mm overall, 18.70 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)).

With hatched bands dividing the D-section hoop into quarters, ellipsoid cup-shaped bezel with impressed design of a lion gardant beside a rosette with legend above 'in hoc salus' (in this [sign is] health). [No Reserve]

Provenance

Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1975-late 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 643.

CONDITION

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LOT 1766