Jewellery, Watches, Silver and Objects of Vertu

A gold posy ring, early 17th century, the D-shaped hoop decorated to the exterior with horizontal grooves, inscribed to the interior in capitals ‘+REMEMBER THE GIVER’, diameter 20mm, band width 5mm, ring size M½. £600-£800

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 is testing as purity 79.81%.


For other examples of rings bearing this posy see the British Museum (ref: AF.1369), the Museum of London (ref. ref: 62.4/176), the Griffin Collection (Inv. no. 01894), and the Portable Antiquites Scheme (ref. IOW-FA3E30).