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LOT 0427
Large Stuart Period Gold 'Let Your Life Show Your Love' Posy Ring
17TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (5.29 grams, 22.15 mm overall, 19.24 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 2)).
With rounded outer face; legend to the inner face in italic script 'Let your life show your love' with 'long s'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
LiteratureSee Evans, J., English Posies and Posy Rings, Oxford, 1931, for discussion.
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LOT 0427
Large Stuart Period Gold 'Let Your Life Show Your Love' Posy Ring
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
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