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LOT 1395
Medieval Ring with Swan
12TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (1.98 grams, 20.66 mm overall, 17.69 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I, USA 4 1/4, Europe 7.44, Japan 7)).
A copper-alloy ring composed of a slender, misshapen hoop, expanding at the shoulders to an oval-shaped bezel engraved with a swan standing with its wings part-spread. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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