COLLECTION OF MEDIEVAL SILVER RINGS WITH CABOCHONS

Ca. AD 800 - 1200. A collection of three silver rings, including, from left to right: a ring with a beaded hoop and a green cabochon between pellet clusters; a ring with a twisted hoop supporting an oval orange gem in a raised collar with granule cresting and pellet bosses to the shoulders; and a ring with a thick, rounded hoop rising to a broad plain bezel. Size: D:15.09-17.53mm / US: 4-7 1/4 / UK: H 1/2-O; Weight: 12g Provenance: Private London collection; acquired in France in the early 2000s; formerly in a Swiss private collection formed in the 1980s and 1990s.