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LOT 1517
Tudor Period Bronze Signet Ring
16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.77 grams, 23.73 mm overall, 21.03 mm internal diameter (approximate size British W, USA 11, Europe 25, Japan 24)).
Discoid hoop with rim and inner rectangle, fronds to the outer zone and hooked cross to the centre. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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