16th-17th century AD. A gold finger ringprising a D-section hoop with segmented bezel formed as five facetted domes each with an inset white cut diamond; rounded lateral spurs to the median dome; Elizabethan period or slightly later. Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, items 685, 709, 715, for type. 3.02 grams, 20.42mm overall, 16.31mm internal diameter (approximate size British K, A 5 1/4, Europe 9.95, Japan 9) (3/4"). From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister; from her collection formed early 1960s-1990s. Apanied by scholarly note TL0415 by Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is apanied by AIAD certificate number no.11078-184381. [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions .]