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LOT 0426
Post Medieval Gold Posy Ring with Garnet
CIRCA 18TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (1.56 grams, 23.33 mm overall, 18.44 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe, 17.49, Japan 16)).
Slender shank with the vestiges of a posy inscription internally, square bezel forming a cell with granule cluster to each lateral face; with a later cabochon garnet gemstone.
Provenance
Acquired by the previous owner's father in the early 1990s.
Property of a Warwickshire, UK, collector.
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