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Medieval Bronze Signet Ring with Winged Griffin Medieval Bronze Signet Ring with Winged Griffin Medieval Bronze Signet Ring with Winged Griffin
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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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LOT 1657

Medieval Bronze Signet Ring with Winged Griffin

Sold for (Inc. bp): £72

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