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LOT 1914
Medieval Period Decorated Silver Signet Ring
CIRCA 14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (3.49 grams, 19.12 mm overall, 15.95 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J 1/2, USA 5, Europe 9.32, Japan 9)).
With broad hoop and stud to underside, disc bezel with low-relief geometric lozenge motif on a hatched field. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 596. for type.
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