Silver, 31.59 grams total, 60.23 mm overall. 11th-12th century AD. A matched pair of temple rings, used to fasten an ornate headdress. The loop is created from square-section rod, twisted along its axis, joined with a filgree collar to a bulb with two rows of bosses around the equator. Below this the filigree hoop extends to a spherical bulb with filigree ropework and granule clusters from which develop eight regularly-spaced cones. The filigree hoop continues to a second bulb similar to the first. Reference: Yavtushenko, I. Masterpieces of Platar, Kiev, 2004 p.151 item 206. Very fine condition, complete. Extremely fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.