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LOT 0409
Elizabethan Gold Ring with Emerald
16TH-EARLY 17TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (4.75 grams, 23.84 mm overall, 18.95 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).
Slender carinated hoop with splayed shoulders and chased ornament, tiered rectangular bezel displaying stylised petals, scalloping above, set with cut and polished emerald inlay.
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.201078.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1872,0604.425, for similar; cf. The V&A Museum, accession numbers 947-1871 and 731-1902, for similar.
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Found whilst searching with a metal detector on 11th June 2021 by Mr Graham Higgins, near Hatford, Oxfordshire, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the report for HM Coroner by the Finds Liason Officer (FLO) for the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) for Oxfordshire under Treasure reference number OXON-FBF56A. Accompanied by a copy of the letter from HM Senior Coroner for Oxfordshire disclaiming the Crown's interest in the find. -
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Post Medieval Glazed Ceramic Tile Set with Boating Scene
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