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LOT 1826

Large Silver-Coloured Metal Ring with Blue Glass Cabochon

20TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/4 in. (14.65 grams, 30.32 mm overall, 19.14 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19)).

With a flat-section hoop, expanding openwork shoulders with applied wire decoration; oval bezel set with blue glass cabochon fashioned from a bead. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 1826

Large Silver-Coloured Metal Ring with Blue Glass Cabochon

Sold for (Inc. bp): £85

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