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Details
A Renaissance, gold, rock crystal and enamel ring
The high bezel closed-set with a rectangular-cut rock crystal with quatrefoil lobes decorated with black, white and green enamel with engrailed edge simulating claws, the chased shoulders with enamelled arabesques and volutes to a chased foliate hoop with traces of black enamel, circa 1570, centre stone possibly a replacement, probably German, finger size J½
The high bezel closed-set with a rectangular-cut rock crystal with quatrefoil lobes decorated with black, white and green enamel with engrailed edge simulating claws, the chased shoulders with enamelled arabesques and volutes to a chased foliate hoop with traces of black enamel, circa 1570, centre stone possibly a replacement, probably German, finger size J½
Provenance
Private collection, Germany; acquired 1960-1981, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
Cf. op. cit.C. Oman, pl.26 D, also A.B. Chadour, op.cit. p.210, no. 685 J. Boardman, D, Scrisbrick, The Ralph Harari Collection of Finger rings, p.73, no.171 pl.171 for rings of similar date and construction
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