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LOT 1549
Tudor Period Bronze Signet Ring with Animals
16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.15 grams, 24.42 mm overall, 21.89 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Z, USA 12 1/2, Europe 28.77, Japan 27)).
Flat hoop with discoid bezel, incuse design of a human, fish and other motifs. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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Tudor Period Bronze Signet Ring
16th-17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Discoid hoop with rim and inner rectangle, fronds to the outer zone and hooked cross to the centre. 5.77 grams, 23.73 mm overall, 21.03 mm internal diameter (approximate size British W, USA 11, Europe 25, Japan 24)
Private collection formed since the 1940s. UK art market. Property of an Essex gentleman. -
Tudor Period Bronze Signet Ring with Spread Eagle Over Device
Circa 16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
With a D-section hoop expanding at the shoulders, inside linear decoration to each shoulder; oval bezel with a spread eagle over a device on textured field. 6.78 grams, 21.93 mm overall, 18.66 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)
Private collection formed since the 1940s. UK art market. Property of an Essex gentleman. -
French Silver 'For My Life' Iconographic Ring with Amethyst Gemstone
Late 18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Hoop with winged angels forming the shoulders above a cross to one face and pierced heart to the other; bezel with inset pyramidal amethyst; underside inscribed 'amavye' (for my life). 8.67 grams, 26.82 mm overall, 18.35 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49 , Japan 16)
Ex Sussex, UK, private collection. Property of a Buckinghamshire, UK, gentleman.
