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18th century AD. A silver ring comprising a facetted hoop with running waves to the underside, regardant beast amid foliage to each trident shoulder, octagonal plaque with geometric ornament to the chamfered sides, raised central plaque with gilt regardant beast. Cf. Chadour, A.B. Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 542 for type. 18.86 grams, 24.58mm overall, 19.39x16.47mm internal diameter (approximate size British O 1/2, USA 7 1/4, Europe 15.61, Japan 15) (1"). Property of a West London businessman, formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s.