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LOT 1504
Post Medieval Pewter Ring with Inlay
CIRCA 16TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (4.02 grams, 26.59 mm overall, 19.50 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19)).
A pewter finger ring composed of a lentoid-section hoop supporting a cushion-shaped bezel, decorated with three graduated arms at each shoulder terminating in shallow recessed circles, additional decorative lobes to the upper and lower edges and four clusters of claws holding a clear rectangular glass inlay. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Cambridgeshire in the 1990s.
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