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LOT 1557
Tudor Period Tinned Bronze Signet Ring with Armed Soldier
16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (4.18 grams, 21.94 mm overall, 19.55 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)).
With a flat-section hoop, expanding shoulders with incised motifs; oval bezel with a soldier standing amidst tall grass, holding a pike in his right hand and a short sword in his left hand. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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LOT 1557
Tudor Period Tinned Bronze Signet Ring with Armed Soldier
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
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