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LOT 1657
Medieval Bronze Signet Ring with Winged Griffin
14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (7.45 grams, 23.38 mm overall, 19.41 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19)).
The hoop expanding to facetted shoulders and an octagonal bezel, engraved with a winged griffin standing right, looking left. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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