14th century AD. A silver-gilt finger ring with D-shaped hoop, hexagonal pad to the underside, scooped lateral shoulders, octagonal bezel with scooped sides, intaglio lion passant among pellets. Cf. Chadour, A.B. Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 572 for type. 21.67 grams, 38.6mm overall, 19.39mm internal diameter, (approximate size, British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19) (1 1/2"). Property of a South London collector; previously acquired on the European art market 1970-1980.