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LOT 1522
Tudor Period Bronze Signet Ring with Spread Eagle Over Device
CIRCA 16TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (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)).
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. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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LOT 1522
Tudor Period Bronze Signet Ring with Spread Eagle Over Device
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
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