Renaissance Silver Amuletic Toadstone Ring

WESTERN EUROPE, 16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/8 in. (9.93 grams, 30.39 mm overall, 20.34 x 19.41 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)).

Substantial ring set with engraved foliate decoration on the shoulders, set with a large rounded toadstone in a lobed bezel.

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.13490-263465.

Literature

See the British Museum, London, accession no.AF.1029, for a comparable ring.

Footnotes

Toadstones are fossil fish teeth historically credited with protective properties, particularly the ability to detect or counteract poison.

CONDITION

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LOT 0387