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LOT 1668
Medieval Gold Ring with Garnet Cabochon
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (1.90 grams, 26.39 mm overall, 18.98 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)).
Pie-dish bezel with inset garnet cabochon and later slender hoop. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Spanish private collection, 1990s.
Property of a Norfolk, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 562, for type.
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