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LOT 1592
Tudor Period Bronze Signet Ring with Flower
CIRCA 16TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (5.79 grams, 23.77 mm overall, 20.54 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V, USA 10 1/2, Europe 23.77, Japan 22)).
With D-section hoop, keeled shoulders supporting an ellipsoid bezel with a flower motif. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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