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LOT 1569
Post Medieval Gilt-Bronze Signet Ring
17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (1.81 grams, 19.49 mm overall, 17.11 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)).
With a flat-section hoop, the almond-shaped bezel with a stylised lotus flower motif to each end, one end showing the stepped joint of the bezel to the hoop. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Mildenhall, Suffolk, UK.
Property of a UK gentleman, acquired May 1978.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
Accompanied by an old identification ticket including provenance.
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