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LOT 0331
Post Medieval Gold 'A Friends Gift' Posy Ring
CIRCA 18TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (1.94 grams, 15.23 mm overall, 12.85 mm internal diameter).
A gold posy ring with D-section band inscribed internally 'A friends gift' in lower case with initials 'I M' added after; with 'crown over T H' maker's punch. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK antiques market between 1974-1985.
Albert Ward collection, Essex, UK.
See Evans, J., English Posies and Posy Rings, London, 1931, p.16, for this inscription.
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