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LOT 894

18th Century - Gold Inscribed Posy Ring - 'Hurt not that (heart) whoes Joy thou art'

(4.51 grams, 21.77 mm, internal 19.20 mm (UK size S; USA size 9.5; EU size 20.38; Japan size 19.5).).

Circa 18th century AD. A gold finger ring with a legend inscribed around the interior in an italic hand: ‘Hurt not that [heart] whoes Joy thou art’, the word ‘heart’ represented by a heart-shaped ideogram, and the ‘s’ of ‘whoes’ in its long form.

Provenance

Found Norfolk.

Literature

Cf. Joan Evans, English Posies and Posy Rings, Oxford, 1931 p.48 example from Sullington, Sussex.

CONDITION

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LOT 894

18th Century - Gold Inscribed Posy Ring - 'Hurt not that (heart) whoes Joy thou art'

Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,875

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