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LOT 1867
Georgian Ring with G O
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (12.29 grams, 25.66 mm overall, 19.41 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2, USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)).
Plain hoop with faux buckle detailing with initials G and O. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Suffolk, UK.
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Elizabethan Period Gold Ring with Polished Natural Diamond Crystal
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Post Medieval Bronze Deer Statuette
19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Modelled standing with head slightly turned, with long ears and small antlers; tail curled against the rump; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 610 grams total, 15.5 cm including stand
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Many deposits of Gallo-Roman statuettes contain votive statuettes not particularly linked to the classical artistic style. The temple deposits in which these animalistic statuettes (series of stags or boars) were discovered were certainly Roman, but the animals could have belonged to cults of Celtic origin.
