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LOT 2197
Post Medieval 'I Like My Choice' Gold Posy Ring
MID 18TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (0.95 grams, 19.23 mm overall, 18.00 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O 1/2, USA 7 1/4, Europe 16, Japan 15)).
D-section hoop inscribed to the inner face 'I like my choice'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the London art market in the 1980s.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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