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LOT 1398
Post Medieval Ring with Flower on Shield
18TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (3.50 grams, 24.25 mm overall, 22.11 mm internal diameter (approximate size British W 1/2, USA 11 1/4, Europe 25.66, Japan 24)).
A copper-alloy ring composed of a slightly convex hoop, expanding shoulders and shield-shaped bezel, the shoulders and bezel engraved with flowering plants. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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