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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.
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