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LOT 1952
Tudor Period Bronze Signet Ring with Cockerel
16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (5.07 grams, 20.78 mm overall, 17.48 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)).
The hoop expanding to facetted shoulders and an octagonal bezel, engraved with a strutting cockerel with substantial comb. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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