Ca. AD 1400 - 1500. A Medieval English iconographic gold ring with a D-section hoop that is slightly enlarged on the curved shoulders to form a high octagonal section with an engraved scene of St. Christopher carrying the Christ Child over his shoulder across a river. For similar see: the British Museum, Museum number 1978,1002.394. Size: D:17.73mm / US: 7 1/2 / UK: O 1/2; Weight: 14.28g Provenance: Property of a European collector; formerly in the famous Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister; acquired between the early1960s to 1990s.