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LOT 0379
Stuart Period Gold and Enamel Ring with Citrine-Coloured Table-Cut Paste
ENGLAND, MID-17TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (2.58 grams, 22.63 mm overall, 17.40 x 15.66 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)).
Set with a vivid orange-yellow table-cut paste in a raised octagonal collet, turquoise-coloured enamel decorating the bezel; the hoop chased with diagonal ornament, with remains of light-blue enamel.
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market.
UK, private collection.
The projecting collet and table-cut paste belong to the seventeenth-century tradition of enamelled gemstone and imitation gem rings.
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LOT 0379
Stuart Period Gold and Enamel Ring with Citrine-Coloured Table-Cut Paste
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£750 (EUR 870; USD 1,013) +BP*
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