Special Notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium
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C.f. D. Scarisbrick, Rings Symbols of Wealth, Power and Affection, London, 1993, p. 192 for similar ring and notes stating that a ring of this type was made by the Parisian jeweller Fossin for the Duc de Montebello in the 1840s.