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LOT 1648

Medieval Silver Ring with Hourglass

CIRCA 15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.

3/4 in. (8.47 grams, 20.83 mm overall, 19.14 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19)).

With a wide flat-section hoop and square bezel, chevron motifs to the shoulders, bezel with a stylised hourglass or X-motif flanked by two pairs of hatched triangles. [No Reserve]

Provenance

UK private collection before 2000.
On the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.

CONDITION

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LOT 1648

Medieval Silver Ring with Hourglass

Sold for (Inc. bp): £124

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