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A FINE GERMAN RENAISSANCE GOLD SIGNET RING
The rock-crystal bezel engraved with a plumed helmet crest and coat-of arms in foliage mantling over coloured foils below initials I.V.V., the sides of the bezel boldly chased with strapwork scrolls and with stylised lions' heads at the shoulders, circa 1550, finger size V
Cf. Scarisbrick, op.cit., p.71 for a foiled crystal ring with similar coat-of-arms worn in a portrait of Bishop Nicholas à Spina dated 1563
$4,600-7,800
The rock-crystal bezel engraved with a plumed helmet crest and coat-of arms in foliage mantling over coloured foils below initials I.V.V., the sides of the bezel boldly chased with strapwork scrolls and with stylised lions' heads at the shoulders, circa 1550, finger size V
Cf. Scarisbrick, op.cit., p.71 for a foiled crystal ring with similar coat-of-arms worn in a portrait of Bishop Nicholas à Spina dated 1563
$4,600-7,800