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LOT 1962
Elizabethan Silver Ring with Green Cabochon
16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (5.94 grams, 28.53 mm overall, 19.74 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T 1/2, USA 9 3/4, Europe 21.89, Japan 21)).
With a flat-section hoop widening at the shoulders, raised bezel set with a green glass cabochon. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound during a rally at Bridgewater, Somerset, UK, in 1993, and recorded with the museum services on site.
From the collection of a Caerphilly, UK, gentleman formed since 1990.
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