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LOT 1849
Post Medieval Bronze 'I Accept' Posy Ring
CIRCA 18TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (3.49 grams, 20.71 mm overall, 16.34 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K 1/2, USA 5 1/2, Europe 10.58, Japan 10)).
With D-section hoop, the inner face bearing the inscription 'I ACCEPT'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEnglish collection, 1980s.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Ex property of an Essex gentleman.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.
See Evans, J., English Posies and Posy Rings, Oxford, 1931.
FootnotesThe legend 'I ACCEPT' does not appear in Evans's catalogue although longer forms such as 'Accept my good will' are recorded there.
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