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LOT 1742

Medieval Silver Ring with Fleur-de-Lys

15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.

3/4 in. (2.02 grams, 21.27mm overall, 18.62mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)).

With slender round-section hoop supporting a discoid bezel with incuse stylised fleur-de-lys. [No Reserve]

Provenance

English collection, 1980s.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Ex property of an Essex gentleman.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 641.

CONDITION

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LOT 1742

Medieval Silver Ring with Fleur-de-Lys

Sold for (Inc. bp): £78

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