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LOT 2148
Silver Merchants Ring with Monogram
15TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (6.72 grams, 21.82 mm overall, 18.19 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2 , USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)).
With fluted shoulders and scooped edges to the bezel, pointillé border and Greek monogram of a cross with 'MHNλ' finials. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1960s-1990s.
From the collection of the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 609.
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