Ricci, Seymour de: Catalogue of a collection of ancient rings formed by the late E. Guilhou (Paris: Berger, 1912)

PLATE XXI

RENAISSANCE RINGS
1332. Silver. A ring, the hoop made of eight twisted
bands of silver wire, the flat circular bezel set with
eight garnets.
Found at Herpes by Ph. Delamain and published by
Deloche, Anneaux sigillaires, pp. 271-272, n. 242 as
Merovingian. Certainly not so early.
1333. Enamelled gold. An ornate ring, with a raised square
bezel set with a table ruby.
1334. Silver. A ring, the hoop partly enamelled with white
scrolls on a blue background, the raised openwork bezel
set with a jasper intaglio : a head to right, resembling
Napoleon I.
1335. Enamelled gold. A large and massive ring, the hoop
decorated with black and gold scrolls and terminating in
two masks. The bezel is set with a sapphire, four ruby
cabochons and four emeralds.
1336. Gold. A ring, with an openwork bezel supported on
four claws and set with a pyramid shaped diamond.
1337. Enamelled gold. A ring, the bezel set with a large ame-
thyst. Inside the hoop, a heart surrounded by a wreath.
1338. Gold. A ring with a large circular bezel, set with two
concentric rows of small emeralds, in all twenty-three
stones.
1339. Gold. An ornate ring, the bezel set with a small square
emerald.

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