Description:

Northern Europe, Great Britain, England, Medieval Period, ca. 12th century CE; Central Europe, Austria / Hungary region, Medieval to Renaissance Period, ca. 14th to 15th century CE. A gorgeous pair of rings with glass inlays: a tin lead alloy ring from England and a silver ring from central Europe. First, the lovely English ring presents a slender band and a hemispherical face of royal blue glass surrounded by a striated border and 4 protruding dots. Alternatively, the silver ring displays a sizeable square face of translucent glass enveloped by a silver border with an incised zigzag motif and set on a strip-form band. Size (of largest): 1" L x 0.875" W (2.5 cm x 2.2 cm); Size (of square inlay): 0.5" L x 0.5" W (1.3 cm x 1.3 cm); Ring size: blue ring: 8, square ring: 9; Quality of silver: 75.44%; Weight of silver ring: 3.8 grams

Provenance: ex-Estate of Eldert Bontekoe, Pegasi Numismatics, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, acquired before 2000

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  • Condition: Both have some light bending and abrasions, commensurate with age. Silver ring has a few miniscule losses to silver border of glass inlay. Small nick to blue glass. Otherwise, both are excellent with lovely patina. Square ring has nice rainbow-hued iridescence.

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