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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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