7th century AD. A gold finger ring comprising a broad flat-section hoop with applied beaded wire borders and scrolled tendril detailing, architectural bezel with a beaded wire arcade and granules supporting a dome of inset garnet cloisons and central cell with inset garnet disc. Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 496, for type.16.36 grams, 34.07mm overall, 21.15mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19) (1 1/4"). From the collection of a Surrey gentleman; acquired 1970-1980; accompanied by an independent specialist report and valuation by graduate gemmologist and jewellery expert Anna Rogers, GIA GG, BA, Gem-A, ref. no. 0238/07/12/20. [A video of this lot is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.]