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LOT 1432

Tudor Period Ring with Armorial Intaglio

CIRCA 16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.

1 in. (4.95 grams, 26.72 mm overall, 21.47 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U, USA 10, Europe 22.52, Japan 21)).

A copper-alloy ring composed of a slightly convex hoop and octagonal bezel, set with an armorial glass intaglio; remains of polychrome enamelled cells to the vertical bezel edge. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Cambridgeshire in the 1990s.

CONDITION

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LOT 1432

Tudor Period Ring with Armorial Intaglio

Sold for (Inc. bp): £52

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