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LOT 1870
Silver-Coloured Ring Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 - 1 1/4 in. (20.41 grams total, 23-30 mm).
Comprising: one with teardrop bezel, glass inserts; one with lapis lazuli disc insert; one with openwork shoulders, cabochon to the bezel. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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