12th-13th century AD. A silver ring comprising a D-section hoop with stud to the underside, flared shoulders, rectangular bezel with applied brass(?) claws, inset table-cut carnelian with chamfered edges. Cf. Chadour, A.B. Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 532 for type. 9.17 grams, 23.99mm overall, 18.22x12.88mm internal diameter (approximate size British G, USA 3 1/4, Europe 4.92, Japan 4) (1"). Property of a West London businessman, formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s.