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LOT 0341
Medieval Gold Posy Ring Inscribed 'With Luck'
14TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (1.74 grams, 21.27 mm overall, 18.81 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)).
D-shaped in section with blackletter legend '+ala ven ture' (a l'aventure, meaning with luck/ perhaps/ if possible) and fronds between.
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
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