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LOT 1869
Medieval Period Decorated Silver Signet Ring
CIRCA 13TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (3.74 grams, 21.89 mm overall, 17.68 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O 1/2, USA 7 1/4, Europe 15.61, Japan 15)).
With reserved lozenges on a hatched field, carnated section, scaphoid bezel with reserved panel on foliage field, possibly Ottoman or Eastern Mediterranean. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
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