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LOT 1937
Medieval Bronze Ring with Warrior
16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (7.78 grams, 24.23 mm overall, 19.54 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 9 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)).
The hoop with keeled shoulders with lines of pointillé decoration, a hexagonal bezel with an incuse stylised figure. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000.
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. for the type Bailey, G., Detector finds 6, Witham, 2005, p.30, fig.C8.17 (hexagonal signet ring).
FootnotesThe finger rings worn by merchants and tradesmen were made of different metals. The commonest were in brass or bronze. The merchants and tradesmen ordered various devices to be engraved on the bezels of their rings, and sometimes they gave the appearance of heraldic blazons.
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