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LOT 2125
Stuart Period Bronze Ring with Pellet Cross Inlay
17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (11.82 grams, 30.06 mm overall, 20.76 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U 1/2, USA 10 1/4, Europe 23.15, Japan 22)).
With drum-shaped bezel, gusseted dentilled collar to base, five inlaid pellets in quincunx formation. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
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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