Jewellery, Watches, Silver and Objects of Vertu

A Medieval gold garnet stirrup ring, late 13th/early 14th century, the hoop of D-shaped cross-section, the yellow gold with raised triangular-shaped bezel centred at the apex with the original sub-rectangular cabochon-shaped almandine garnet, the bezel with angled shoulders and flattened on the opposing sides, narrowing at the base, diameter 20mm, width 3mm, £1,200-£1,500

This ring was originally found in 1993/4 near Maldon in Essex. In the Medieval period, the manor of Wickham, three miles north of Maldon, was regularly visited by the Bishops of London.