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LOT 0415
Renaissance Enamelled Gold Ring with Rubies
17TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (2.88 grams, 19.66 mm overall, 15.82 mm internal diameter (approximate size British H 1/2, USA 4, Europe 6.81, Japan 6)).
Composed of a slender hoop with decoration to the shoulders, floral bezel set with polished rubies embellished with 'white' and green enamelling; reverse with white and blue enamelled floral design.
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Literature
Cf. The V&A Museum, accession numbers M.17-1929, 857-1871 and M.212-1962, for comparable examples of this period.
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