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LOT 1848
Tudor Period Bronze Ring with Heraldic Heart Motif
16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (4.12 grams, 22.88 mm overall, 19.85 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19)).
With discoid bezel, incuse heart motif surrounded by scrolled foliage. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Literature
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 617, for type.
Footnotes
The heart motif and foliage surround suggest that this was intended to be a love token (Chadour, item 608) possibly of Italian origin.
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