Crusaders Age Gold Ring with Cross Patt?e or Templar Cross, Circa 10th Century AD

Gold ring with a solid-flat band and two punctual cross on each side. Large- flat bezel shaped as a cross in circular border , central cell with pink gem and four expanding arms housing blue-green enamel .Type Patt?e , Templar cross; 9.85 grams, 25 mm overall size, 23.65 mm internal diameter. Very fine condition. From the private collection of a EU gentleman formed on German art market in 1990s. Acquired on the UK art market. FOOTNOTES: A cross patt?e, cross patty or Pate, or cross paty, also known as a cross form or cross form?e (French : croix patt?e, German : Tatzenkreuz) or Templar cross, is a type of Christian cross with arms that are narrow at the centre, and often flared in a curve or straight line shape, to be broader at the perimeter. The form appears very early in medieval art, for example in a metalwork treasure binding given to Monza Cathedral by Lombard queen Theodelinda (died 628), and the 8th-century lower cover of the Lindau Gospels in the Morgan Library. An early English example from the start of the age of heraldry proper (i.e. about 1200) is found in the arms of Baron Berkeley. With triangular arms that do not fill the square, used on flag, coat of arms and various medals, also known as the Saint George’s Cross in Sweden and the Cossack cross in Ukraine.

Weight: 9.85 g