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A gold ring mount, 17th century, the raised oval bezel (distorted) with vacant setting, the sides of bezel with scroll engraved detail and the underside with gadrooned detail in white enamel, to a band with scrolled and enamelled shoulders, damaged, ring size approximately N-O. £300-£400
The vacant setting would probably have held hairwork and possibly gold wire detail beneath a facetted rock crystal - these types of rings are often known as ‘Stuart Crystals’.
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