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LOT 0491
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,150
POST MEDIEVAL GOLD OPENWORK BETROTHAL KEY RING
18TH-19TH CENTURY AD
3/4" (7.67 grams, 22 mm overall, 18.46 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.0, Japan 17)).
18TH-19TH CENTURY AD
3/4" (7.67 grams, 22 mm overall, 18.46 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.0, Japan 17)).
An openwork hoop of volute scrolls, saltire to the upper face with similar openwork triangular key-ward.
PROVENANCE:
Property of a London collector, acquired before 1980.
FOOTNOTES:
The ring is a symbolic key with the implication that it is the key to the heart of the donor.
