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LOT 0363
Renaissance Gold Ring with a High-Quality Facetted Diamond
16TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (2.44 grams, 22.59 mm overall, 15.44 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J, USA 4 3/4, Europe 8.69, Japan 8)).
Composed of a slender hoop with ornamental shoulders, scallops and pellets to the oblong box bezel, set with a cut and polished diamond; traces of black enamel remaining to the lower half and base of the bezel; the diamond believed to be: VS 1, colour H.
Provenance
From an early 20th century family collection.
Acquired by a London gentleman in the 1930s, thence by descent.
From the private collection of a Kent, UK, lady.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11910-206607.
Literature
Cf. The V&A Museum, accession number 731-1902, for a similar ring dated 16th century.
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LOT 0363
Renaissance Gold Ring with a High-Quality Facetted Diamond
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000€4,640 - 6,960 (for guidance only)$5,400 - 8,100 (for guidance only)
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