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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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Blue Glass Bead Necklace String
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UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Viking Age Bronze Ring Group
20th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising: one complete ring with faux-twisted bezel; one fragmentary ring bezel with openwork design. 5.6 grams total, 18-25 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s. -
Post Medieval Gilt-Bronze Signet Ring
17th-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
With a flat-section hoop, the almond-shaped bezel with a stylised lotus flower motif to each end, one end showing the stepped joint of the bezel to the hoop. 1.81 grams, 19.49 mm overall, 17.11 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)
Found Mildenhall, Suffolk, UK. Property of a UK gentleman, acquired May 1978. Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman. Accompanied by an old identification ticket including provenance.
