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LOT 0379
Late Medieval Gold Ring with Orb and Scrolls
CIRCA 16TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (10.01 grams, 19.73 mm overall, 16.14 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I 1/2, USA 4 1/2, Europe 8.07, Japan 7)).
Discoid domed bezel with central socket, scroll and foliage motifs.
Provenance
From a family collection since the 1990s, thence by descent 2017.
Literature
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 617.
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LOT 0379
Late Medieval Gold Ring with Orb and Scrolls
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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