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LOT 1878
Tudor Period Bronze Armorial Signet Ring with Saltire Cross
16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (2.57 grams, 21.82 mm overall, 18.00 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O 1/2, USA 7 1/4, Europe 15.61, Japan 15)).
The hoop with expanded shoulders displaying geometric ornament, rectangular bezel with segmented X-motif within a simple border. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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LOT 1878
Tudor Period Bronze Armorial Signet Ring with Saltire Cross
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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