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LOT 0307
'The Purbeck' Medieval Gold Ring with Ruby
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (2.41 grams, 24.20 mm overall, 17.40 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)).
A gold finger ring comprising a slender hoop developing to claw-shaped shoulders with reserved acanthus motif on a pounced field; tall pie-dish bezel with recessed sides, claw setting for the gemstone; repaired and polished, absent original stone replaced with a facetted ruby. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound whilst searching with a metal detector in Purbeck, Dorset, UK, in 2019.
Declared as Treasure and disclaimed with treasure reference 2020 T34.
Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme report no.DOR-C7C656.
Accompanied by a copy of a letter from the British Museum disclaiming the Crown's interest in the ring.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 675, for type.
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