Bidspirit auction | Tudor Period Bronze Ring with

Tudor Period Bronze Ring with Heraldic Heart Motif - 16th-17th century A.D.. With discoid bezel, incuse heart motif surrounded by scrolled foliage. Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 617, for type. 4.12 grams, 22.88 mm overall, 19.85 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19) (1 in.). Private collection formed since the 1940s.UK art market.Property of an Essex gentleman. The heart motif and foliage surround suggest that this was intended to be a love token (Chadour, item 608) possibly of Italian origin. [No Reserve]