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LOT 2015
Post Medieval Bronze Signet Ring with Crowned Initials
17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (12.31 grams, 24.66 mm overall, 20.74 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V, USA 10 1/2, Europe 23.77, Japan 22)).
The hoop expanding to facetted shoulders and an octagonal bezel engraved with crowned initials 'ΠH' within an angled wreath. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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