16th century AD. A silver ring comprising a D-section hoop with ornamental detailing, ellipsoid bezel with omega-shaped details forming a claw setting, inset banded onyx cabochon with inscribed Kufic text. Cf. Chadour, A.B. Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 530 for type. 16.22 grams, 32.64mm overall, 19.63mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20.00, Japan 19) (1 1/4"). Property of a West London businessman, formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s.