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LOT 0421
Tudor Period Silver 'Harmony' Marriage Posy Ring
16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.93 grams, 25.94 mm overall, 19.41 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19)).
Substantial D-section segmented hoop and stepped bezel; ellipsoid plaque with two busts flanking a cross; equal-arm cross below each shoulder, mane in fede clasped hands to the centre and flanking ellipsoid panels with 'OMO' and 'NIA' legend for omonia (Greek, meaning 'agreement, harmony'). [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1980s.
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