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A 16th century gold signet ring
Details
A 16th century gold signet ring
The oval seal matrix, engraved with three Tudor style rosettes and rose stem detail, within cabled borders and dot pattern edgings, the shoulders deeply engraved with stylised foliate decoration, finger size M
The oval seal matrix, engraved with three Tudor style rosettes and rose stem detail, within cabled borders and dot pattern edgings, the shoulders deeply engraved with stylised foliate decoration, finger size M
Literature
Cf. A.B. Chadour, Rings, The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, Leeds, England 1994, Vol I p. 200 no. 654, for ring of similar design and construction. Also J.Boardman & D.Scarisbrick, The Ralph Harari Collection of Finger rings, London, 1977, p. 130 pl..130 for a 16th century gold signet ring with single rose device, it is thought that this ring could have been used by an official highly placed in the Tudor Royal Household
Further details
From an old English collection