Saxon Gold Ring with Garnet Cloison

8TH-10TH CENTURY AD

1" (1.66 grams, 22.74 mm overall, 18.18 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 8, Europe 17.15, Japan 16)).

A pair of beaded filigree bands forming the hoop, the bezel funicular with four granules to the base, the upper face set with a discoid garnet cloison.

Provenance

Ex Westby collection, Hertfordshire, UK; acquired in the 1970s by her father; recorded with the Ashmolean Museum in 1982; thence by descent, 1993.

Literature

Cf. the double-twist construction is parallelled on a ring from York (Oman, 1974 plate 12c) and the garnet cloison on another of Merovingian or Lombard workmanship (Oman, 1993, item 235). Oman, C.C. Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue of Rings, reprinted Ipswich, 1993 and Oman, C.C. British Rings 800-1914, London, 1974.

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LOT 0983

Saxon Gold Ring with Garnet Cloison

Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,420

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