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LOT 1925
Medieval Signet Bronze Ring with Galloping Antelope
16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.36 grams, 23.25 mm overall, 20.51 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V, USA 10 1/2, Europe 23.77, Japan 22)).
Flat-section hoop with linear motifs on the shoulders, rectangular bezel with incised border and an antelope in a dynamic pose facing left. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000.
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. for the type Bailey, G., Detector finds 6, Witham, 2005, p.31, fig.C8.26 (signet ring with similar square bezel).
FootnotesThe finger rings worn by merchants and tradesmen were made of different metals. The commonest were in brass or bronze. The merchants and tradesmen ordered various devices to be engraved on the bezels of their rings, and sometimes they gave the appearance being of heraldic blazons.
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LOT 1925
Medieval Signet Bronze Ring with Galloping Antelope
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Heater-shaped with fixing stud to reverse, heraldic design of two groups of three lions divided by two diagonal bands of blue enamel. 16.8 grams, 31 mm
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The arms are those of the Bohun family, Earls of Hereford.
