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LOT 1967
Post Medieval Bronze Ring with Gemstones
18TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (3.33 grams, 23.32 mm overall, 18.36 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)).
Slender hoop with three roundels to each shoulder, each set with a blue glass cabochon; tiered round bezel with inset blue glass intaglio profile portrait female bust; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
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