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LOT 0380

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GBP (£) 2,500 - 3,500
EUR (€) 3,010 - 4,220
USD ($) 3,150 - 4,400

Current bid: £2,300 (+bp*)
(4 Bids, Reserve met)

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(4 Bids, Reserve met)   |   Current bid: £2,300
CIVIL WAR PERIOD GOLD POISON RING
17TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (7.49 grams, 22.28 mm overall, 18.87 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)).

With expanding shoulders, scrolled outline to the plaque, hinged folding tube below the central panel.

PROVENANCE:
From the private collection of N.Thomas, 1979-1987.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12481-229481.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

LITERATURE:
See Oman, C.C., Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue of Rings, reprinted Ipswich, 1993, for discussion.

CONDITION
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