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LOT 1760
Medieval Silver Ring with M for Maria
CIRCA 15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (9.39 grams, 27.37 mm overall, 19.72 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)).
With D-section hoop, chamfered shoulders each with incised cross moline motif, square bezel with seriffed 'M' within a border.
Provenance
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s.
Literature
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 643, for type.
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