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LOT 2164
Orthodox Silver-Gilt Signet Ring
19TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (9.19 grams, 25.45 mm overall, 22.08 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Y 1/2, USA 12 1/4, Europe 28.2, Japan 27).
With shank widening to the shoulder decorated with flowers, rosettes and acanthus leaf pattern, some elements picked out in gilt; square bezel engraved with a heart crossed by an Orthodox cross and anchor with All Seeing Eye in radiate triangle above, two line inscription around the side.
Provenance
Property of a London gentleman; acquired by his father in the 1970s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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