15th century AD. A substantial gold finger ring comprising a D-section hoop with faux-twist pellet detailing, rosettes to the shoulders, hexagonal bezel with intaglio image of a bird of prey attacking a smaller bird, pellets to the rim. Cf. Chadour, A.B. Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 601 for type. 25.35 grams, 25.91mm overall, 20.73mm internal diameter (approximate size British U, USA 10, Europe 22.52, Japan 21) (1"). Property of a UK gentleman; acquired from a London gallery in the late 1980s; formerly from a private European collection, formed in the 1960s and 1970s. [A video of this item is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.] Very fine condition. A large wearable size.