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LOT 1543
Tudor Period Tinned Bronze Marriage Ring
16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.72 grams, 23.66 mm overall, 20.50 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V 1/2, USA 10 3/4, Europe 24.4, Japan 23)).
With a flat-section hoop, the expanding shoulders with a floral motif within bands of linear and pellet decoration; octagonal bezel with a couple facing each other, holding a long staff. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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