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LOT 1938
Post Medieval Bronze Ring with Floral Motif
CIRCA 18TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (1.85 grams, 21.13 mm overall, 19.20 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19)).
With scaphoid bezel, curlicues around a central roundel and pellets to the border. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 998, for type.
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Fine condition. Resized.
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