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LOT 2149
Claddagh Silver Ring Made from a Victorian Coin
19TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (4.88 grams, 21.64 mm overall, 18.44 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)).
Comprising a flat-section hoop and openwork bezel formed as two hands encircling a heart with a crown above; inner face showing traces of the original coin. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, collector.
LiteratureCf. Oman, C.C., Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue of Rings, reprinted Ipswich, 1993, item 668, for type.
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