Old Master Sculpture & Works of Art
Old Master Sculpture & Works of Art
Property from a European Private Collection (Lots 1-5)
MEROVINGIAN, 6TH/ 7TH CENTURY | RING
Auction Closed
July 2, 02:29 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a European Private Collection (Lots 1-5)
MEROVINGIAN, 6TH/ 7TH CENTURY
RING
gold, set with foiled red glass rosette
2.2cm., 13/16 in. overall
ring size: P
Adolphe (1871-1949) and Suzanne Stoclet, Brussels;
thence by descent;
private European collection
Compare with the Merovingian ring in the British Museum from the Franks Bequest (no. 170), in whose catalogue Dalton (op. cit., p. 27) refers to rings with pastes and garnets in circular bezels found in the Frankish cemeteries in Cambrai and Samson in the Namur region.
RELATED LITERATURE
O. M. Dalton, Franks Bequest: Catalogue of the Finger Rings, cat. British Museum, London, 1912, no. 170, pl. I