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LOT 2023
Tudor Period Bronze Ring with Hexagonal Bezel and Armorial Motif
CIRCA 16TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (2.73 grams, 21.28 mm overall, 17.83 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)).
Comprising a D-section hoop, facetted shoulders, integral octagonal bezel with pointillé border enclosing an incuse fleur-de-lys motif. [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 613, for type.
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LOT 2023
Tudor Period Bronze Ring with Hexagonal Bezel and Armorial Motif
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