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LOT 1933
Elizabethan Bronze Ring with Green Cabochon
16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (7.18 grams, 27.43 mm overall, 17.01 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J 1/2, USA 5, Europe 9.32, Japan 9)).
With a flat-section hoop widening at the shoulders with incised linear lines radiating from the bezel; circular collet set with a green glass cabochon and secured with claws. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound at Penllyn, Vale of Glamorgan, UK.
From the collection of a Caerphilly, UK, gentleman formed since 1990.
Accompanied by a copy of a museum report with reference no.NMGWPA 2005.27.
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