Stuart Period Engraved Gold Ring with Carnelian Gemstone

17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.

1 in. (5.49 grams, 25.50 mm overall, 15.41 x 13.82 mm internal diameter (approximate size British H 1/2, USA 4, Europe 6.81, Japan 6)).

Hoop with knop to the underside; elongated bezel, ellipsoid in plan with carinated profile, reserved foliage on a pounced field, plain shoulder and claw setting for a carnelian cloison. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
Private collection, London, UK.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 541, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0368