1000-1500 AD, Crusader Period. Silver ring with circular hoop, highly decorated, stepped shoulders, and flattened, rosette shaped bezel bearing an incised seven pointed star and vertical stripes around the borders. The hexagram was and is used in practices of the occult and ceremonial magic and is attributed to the 7 "old" planets outlined in astrology. The star is commonly used both as a talisman and for conjuring spirits and spiritual forces in diverse forms of occult magic. Good, wearable condition.Size: D: 18.53mm / US: 81/2 / UK: Q3/4; 13g; Provenance: Property of a London gallery, previously in old British collection formed in the 1970s.