Jewellery, Watches, Silver and Objects of Vertu

A gold posy ring, circa 1700-1720, the D-shaped band inscribed to the interior in italics ‘Remember me, as I do thee’, maker’s mark probably ‘m’, diameter 21mm, band width 5mm, ring size M. £800-£1,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Posy Rings.

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Ex UK collection.

According to a PMI test on the XRF analyzer the gold tested as purity 77.43%.



This is an unusual posy with no identical recorded example found.