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LOT 2179
Silver Ring with Facetted Gem
CIRCA 18TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (3.84 grams, 26.69 mm overall, 17.88 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O 1/2, USA 7 1/4, Europe 15.61, Japan 15)).
Comprising a wide hoop with moulded ropework, tall bezel set with red glass. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From an English collection formed before 2000.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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