17th century AD or earlier. A silver finger ring comprising a flat-section hoop with lotus-flower ornament to the shoulders, discoid bezel with intaglio image of a nimbate horseman holding a cross (St. Michael?"). Cf. Chadour, A.B. Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 488 for type. 10 grams, 24.1mm overall, 19.5mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/4, Europe 21.26, Japan 20"). (1"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Fine condition. A large wearable size.