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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]

Provenance

Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.

CONDITION

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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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