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LOT 1586
Medieval Bronze Merchant's Signet Ring
CIRCA 15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (11.12 grams, 24.41 mm overall, 20.25 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U, USA 10, Europe 22.52, Japan 21)).
Hoop with expanded and facetted shoulders, octagonal bezel engraved with three stylised ships over a highly stylised plant motif. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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