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LOT 2547
Stuart Period Silver-Gilt Claddagh Ring
17TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.98 grams, 23.63 mm overall, 19.72 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T 1/2, USA 9 3/4, Europe 21.89, Japan 21)).
D-section hoop with bezel formed as two hands encircling a heart with hatched cuffs and a crown above the thumbs.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1970s-1980s.
Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 83, for a more ornate version of the type.
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LOT 2547
Stuart Period Silver-Gilt Claddagh Ring
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£100 (EUR 116; USD 135) +BP*
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