Auction Catalogue
A gold posy ring, circa 1680-1700, the D-shaped hoop inscribed to the interior in italics ‘*When love doth remayne - Parting is vayne’, diameter 22mm, band width 5mm, ring size S.
£800-£1,000
This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Posy Rings.
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Collection
Ex UK collection.
According to a PMI test on the XRF analyzer the gold is testing as purity 92.56%.
This is an unusual posy, with no other recorded example found.
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