A gold posy ring, 18th century, the plain hoop of rectangular cross section, inscribed to the interior in large script ‘All that I desier of thee is to feare god and love’ followed by maker’s mark ‘IA’ in a cartouche, diameter 21mm, band width 5mm, ring size O.

£300-£500

Ex UK collection.

According to a PMI test on the XRF analyzer the gold is testing as purity 85.14%.



For another recorded example of a ring bearing the same posy see the British Museum (ref: 1961,1202,283), late 17th century in date.