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LOT 1882
Gold Ring with Heart-Shaped Bezel
CIRCA 17TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (1.60 grams, 20.91 mm overall, 16.70 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5 3/4, Europe 11.24, Japan 10)).
Slender hoop, flared shoulders, square cell to the bezel with inset table-cut diamond.
Provenance
Acquired between the 1960s-early 1990s.
From an old UK private collector from Worthing, West Sussex, UK.
Property of K.P., a Cornish lady collector, UK.
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