Jewellery, Watches and Objects of Vertu

An early 17th century enamel and rock crystal ring, the central square-cut rock crystal set within a raised square bezel decorated with three indents of pale blue enamel to the outer longer sides, with two indents to the inner sides, the shoulders bifurcated and enamel inlaid, and applied with a gold quatrefoil, the D-shaped hoop with vine scroll pattern inlaid with pale blue enamel., the lower section of the hoop plain and narrowing slightly, diameter 18.6mm. £3,000-£4,000

This ring was discovered by a metal detectorist near Selbourne in Hampshire in 2022.. It has been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database Ref: SUR-ED1CD5.

The ring has been compared in style to another from the Cheapside Hoard found in London in 1912 and dating to the late 16th/early 17th century.


According to a PMI test on an XRF Analyzer, the gold purity is testing as 77.95%.