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LOT 1950
Medieval Bronze Ring with Flower
14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (8.04 grams, 24.54 mm overall, 19.24 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)).
With lateral spur to each scooped shoulder, disc bezel with low-relief rosette. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
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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The 'Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem' was an order of knighthood under the protection of the Pope, formed around 1099 AD by Duke Godfrey of Bouillon, the leader of the First Crusade. It was established for the protection of pilgrims travelling to the Holy Land and was recognised by a Papal Bull in about 1113 AD.
