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LOT 1884

Large Georgian Gold Wedding Ring

18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.

1 in. (2.55 grams, 24.5 mm overall, 21.76 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Y 1/2, USA 12 1/4, Europe 28.20, Japan 27)).

Lentoid in section, probably a glove ring. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired from the early 1980s.
From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.

CONDITION

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LOT 1884

Large Georgian Gold Wedding Ring

Sold for (Inc. bp): £390

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