Probably Italian, late 16th-early 17th century, Finger ring. Photo courtesy Sotheby's 

gold, with a scalloped bezel set with an oval garnet - bezel: 14mm., 9/16 in. - ring size R. Estimation 4,000 — 6,000 GBP

Rings dating to the late 16th and early 17th centuries with similar oval shaped garnets are published by Chadour (op. cit., p. 218, nos. 710 and 711).

RELATED LITERATURE: A. B. Chadour, Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch collection. Forty Centuries seen by Four Generations, Leeds, 1994, p. 218, nos. 710 and 711

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