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LOT 0416
Renaissance Enamelled Gold Ring with Gemstone
LATE 16TH-EARLY 17TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (2.07 grams, 20.99 mm overall, 15.57 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I 1/2, USA 4 1/2, Europe 8.07, Japan 7)).
Plain D-section band with engraved foliage to the shoulders and square-cut quartz gemstone set into a cup bezel with heater shields to two sides; remains of black enamel.
ProvenanceFrom a Leicestershire, UK, jewellery collection since circa 1983.
LiteratureCf. Guilhou, E., Catalogue of a collection of Ancient Rings, Paris, 1912, plate XXII, no.1420, for similar set with a rectangular ruby; and cf. Scarisbrick, D., Rings. Jewelry of Power, Love and Loyalty, London, 2007, p.312, 435, 438, for a similar ring but with hexagonal bezel and diamond, dated circa 1610 A.D.
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LOT 0416
Renaissance Enamelled Gold Ring with Gemstone
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
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