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LOT 1419
Stuart Period Silver Ring with Shield and Star
CIRCA 17TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (6.08 grams, 21.96 mm overall, 18.85 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).
A silver finger ring with facetted hop and shoulders, octagonal bezel with pointillé border, parcel-gilt outline to heater shield with star motif.
ProvenanceAcquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.
Cf. Oman, C.C., British Rings 800-1914, London, 1974, pl.50(A), for type.
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