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LOT 1414
Glass Ring with Inlaid Gold Cross
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
1 1/8 in. (9.73 grams, 29.44 mm overall, 18.16 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).
A translucent, colourless glass finger ring composed of a D-section hoop, expanding at the shoulders to an oval bezel, displaying an encapsulated gold foil cross with expanding arms. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1969-1999.
London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.
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