MEDIEVAL FINGER RING

1400

A silver finger ring, iconographic in type, with an engraving of a female saint on the bezel. The ring is slightly chipped and damaged around the edges of its three-faceted bezel and the engraving is much worn, which makes identification of the saint difficult. It may represent the Virgin and Child since it is combined with engravings of six tears beneath sun-rays on each of the shoulders. The depiction of the saint on the central facet of the bezel is flanked by engraved foliate scrolls on the other facets. The back of the hoop is decorated with four diagonal bands.