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LOT 0359
Georgian Gold Love Ring with Taurus and Heart for AI
CIRCA 18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (19.11 grams, 24.36 mm overall, 22.14 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)).
The hoop with convex outer face, the cast elliptical bezel with small heart and other motifs in the field.
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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