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LOT 2012
Tudor Period Bronze Ring with Armorial Motif
CIRCA 16TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (6.36 grams, 22.28 mm overall, internal diameter 17.95 x 19.55 mm (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)).
Comprising a broad hoop, octagonal bezel with chamfered edges, punched-point border, central motif of a shield and supporters. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 619, for type.
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