MEDIEVAL SILVER RING WITH CROSS MOTIF
Ca. AD 1200 - 1400. A silver ring with a slender hoop bordered by twisted wire and decorated at the shoulders with applied granules. The octagonal bezel is engraved with a cross of scrolling arms centred by a cluster of granules. Scroll motifs decorate the outer sides of the bezel, and the reverse is engraved with a cruciform design with double spiral motifs in each corner. Size: D:15.9mm / US: 5 1/4 / UK: K; Weight: 8g Provenance: From a London private collection; purchased in Germany; earlier part of a Swiss collection assembled in the 1990s
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Ca. AD 1200 - 1400. A silver ring with a slender hoop bordered by twisted wire and decorated at the shoulders with applied granules. The octagonal bezel is engraved with a cross of scrolling arms centred by a cluster of granules. Scroll motifs decorate the outer sides of the bezel, and the reverse is engraved with a cruciform design with double spiral motifs in each corner. Size: D:15.9mm / US: 5 1/4 / UK: K; Weight: 8g Provenance: From a London private collection; purchased in Germany; earlier part of a Swiss collection assembled in the 1990s
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