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LOT 1227
Viking Period Faux Twist Ring
CIRCA 10TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (3.35 grams, 24.61 mm overall, 18.40 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)).
A copper-alloy ring composed of a tapering hoop which is thickest at the bezel, decorated with a deep, faux-twist motif. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since in the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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