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LOT 1501
Victorian Gold Ring with Gryllus Gemstone
19TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (8.05 grams, 25.33 mm overall, 22.39 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)).
A gold finger ring with segmented flange to the bezel open to the underside, cell with notched rim, inset carnelian cloison with incuse gryllus motif.
Provenance
Acquired at auction.
English private collection.
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