15th-16th century AD. A carnelian ring comprising a D-section keeled hoop with lug to the underside, stepped shoulders, scaphoid plain bezel. Cf. Chadour, A.B. Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 550. 9.13 grams, 28.46mm overall, 14.84mm internal diameter (approximate size British H, USA 3 3/4, Europe 6.18, Japan 6) (1"). From an important North West London collection; acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Fine condition.