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]

Provenance

English collection, 1980s.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Ex property of an Essex gentleman.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.

Literature

See Evans, J., English Posies and Posy Rings, Oxford, 1931.

Footnotes

The legend 'I ACCEPT' does not appear in Evans's catalogue although longer forms such as 'Accept my good will' are recorded there.

CONDITION

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LOT 1849