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LOT 1744

Medieval Decorated Silver Ring

15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.

5/8 in. (1.47 grams, 18.80 mm overall, 16.80 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J, USA 4 3/4, Europe 8.69, Japan 8)).

Comprising a slender keeled hoop, lozenge-shaped bezel with a grid, three quadrants with a punched crescent, the fourth with an annulet. [No Reserve]

Provenance

UK private collection before 2000.
On the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.

CONDITION

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LOT 1744

Medieval Decorated Silver Ring

Sold for (Inc. bp): £33

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