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LOT 892
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).).
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.
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LOT 892
17th Century - Gold Inscribed Posy Ring - 'In Love Love abide till death devide'
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