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LOT 0348
Stuart Period Enamelled Gold Ring with Table-Cut Rock Crystal
ENGLAND, 17TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (2.17 grams, 21.88 mm overall, 16.84 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)).
D-section hoop with enamel panels to the shoulders, arcade to the rectangular bezel with inset table-cut crystal.
Provenance
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Harlaxton, Lincolnshire, UK, on Wednesday 17th November 2021.
Acquired on the English art market.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (mPAS) report no.LIN-CCA6D4.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.13050-248358.
Literature
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 681, for type.
Footnotes
Finger rings with a principal stone and subsidiary settings in separate collets came into use in the early 13th century, and this form of simple collet continued in use until the 15th century. A gold medieval finger ring with a similar bezel, but with subsidiary settings, is recorded on the PAS database (LIN-EC74C7, 2020T819). Other gold finger rings with a principal stone (albeit with subsidiary settings) and similar framed bezel recorded as treasure on the PAS database, including one from Soberton, Hampshire (HAMP-1DCFF0, 2017T156) and Huntingdon district area, CAM-4A8AB6, 2020T089.
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LOT 0348
Stuart Period Enamelled Gold Ring with Table-Cut Rock Crystal
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,600
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