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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.
ProvenanceAcquired at auction.
English private collection.
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