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LOT 1746
Medieval Bronze Stirrup Ring with Cabochon
12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (6.33 grams, 29.73 mm overall, 18.47 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)).
With bag-shaped hoop, raised lateral straps developing to the claw setting, inset blue glass cabochon. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s.
From the private collection of a Northern Ireland gentleman.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 559, for type.
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