‘Freya’-Saxon/Viking garnet gold ring Circa 900-1100 AD
$28,000.00
‘Freya’-Saxon/Viking garnet gold ring Circa 900-1100 AD
Details
- A gold finger ring with a flat hoop that gently widens and ends in a large circular bezel
- The bezel is carefully decorated with a border of stamped dots and holds a central garnet gem in vibrant red
- In medieval times, garnets were highly valued for their intense colours
- Internal diameter15.49mm
- Ring size UK J / US 5 ¼
- Total weight 5.4g
- Provenance: From the private collection of an Essex gentleman; previously in an old British Collection, formed in the 1990s
- This item has been checked against the Art Loss Register database
- A delicately beautiful and very regal ring
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