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LOT 1792
Medieval Silver Ring with Garnet Cabochon
13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (5.06 grams, 23.6 mm overall, 18.48 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O 1/2, USA 7 1/4, Europe 15.61, Japan 15)).
Flat-section hoop with punched annuates to the shoulders, discoid bezel with collar to base, cell with inset cloison. [No Reserve]
Provenance
with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.
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