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LOT 892
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,840
17TH CENTURY - GOLD INSCRIBED POSY RING - 'IN LOVE LOVE ABIDE TILL DEATH DEVIDE'
(3.03 grams, 19.91 mm, internal 17.70 mm (UK size O 1/2; USA size 7.5; EU 15.61; Japan size 15.5).).
(3.03 grams, 19.91 mm, internal 17.70 mm (UK size O 1/2; USA size 7.5; EU 15.61; Japan size 15.5).).
17th century AD. A finger ring inscribed internally in italic letters 'In Love Love abide till death devide'; the maker's mark 'TS' within a rectangular cartouche.
PROVENANCE:
Found Irnham, Lincolnshire. Offered with British Museum report (disclaimed under Treasure Act, 1996, reference 2010 T202).
LITERATURE:
Cf. several variant texts in Joan Evans, English Posies and Posy Rings, Oxford, 1931.
