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LOT 1487

Tudor Period Ring with Armorial Intaglio

CIRCA 16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/8 in. (5.89 grams, 28.05 mm overall, 19.70 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T 1/2, USA 9 3/4, Europe 21.89, Japan 21)).

A ring composed of a slender hoop with octagonal bezel, set with an armorial glass intaglio; remains of polychrome enamelled cells to the vertical faces of the bezel. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Cambridgeshire in the 1990s.

CONDITION

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LOT 1487

Tudor Period Ring with Armorial Intaglio

Sold for (Inc. bp): £72

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