A Late Medieval Silver Decade Ring - English Or German 15th Century.

A late medieval silver decade ring.
English or German, 15th century.
Ring size M UK / 6.25 US.

In fine wearable, uncleaned, excavated condition.

The bezel carved in the form of a lombardic letter ’S’

Decade rings were used in personal Catholic prayer in a similar fashion to Rosarys with each projection representing a hail mary.

With an accompanying old collectors note reading ‘14TH CENTURY SILVER RING FOUND IN SALISBURY’.

For a similar example see;
A. B. Chadour, Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch collection, Leeds, 1994, vol. 1, p. 177, no. 581

The last image for is an almost identical example in gold, sold by Sotheby's, London, European Sculpture & Works of Art, 04 December 2013, Lot 52. Although catalogued