Jewellery, Watches, Silver & Objects of Vertu

A 15th century silver-gilt Fede finger ring, one side decorated with a rectangular-shaped panel of two clasped hands, the opposing side with a hoop covering the join and applied with an openwork bezel of a crowned heart with two quatrefoil-shaped flowers, one to each side, the band of sub-rectangular section and decorated to the exterior with ring and dot punches in a zig-zag pattern, diameter 22mm. £200-£300

This ring is from a UK collection, originally found in Cirencester.

Rings combining clasped hands with a crowned heart and flowers were popular in the 15th and 16th centuries.