Post Medieval Gold 'For Vertues Sake I Doe Thee Take' Posy Ring

Painted on a wooden board and covered with a brass riza, with mounting panel to the reverse, depicting the entrance of Christ in Jerusalem on Palm Sunday riding a donkey; crowd within the city wall; followers of Christ in the gateway; Christ with golden nimbus and letters 'ω', 'C' reversed and 'Н'; Greek script title above reciting: 'Η ΒΑΙΦΟΡΟC (Βαϊοφόρος)' (the one who is riding the mule); the background with rocks, tree and the walls of Jerusalem; arabesque decoration to the borders and corners; accompanied by a wooden stand. 762 grams total including stand, Icon: 30.5 x 22.5 cm



Ex David Miller, Hemel Hempstead, London, UK. From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.

The scene represents a well-known part of the Gospels that describe the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. He makes a grand entrance into the city on a donkey to fulfil the prophecy of Zechariah, “Tell the city of Zion, look, your king is coming to you! He is humble and rides on a donkey and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.” The scene is synthetized in the Greek expression ‘Βαϊοφόρος'.

Mild-steel blade with incised foliage to each face; hilt with applied bone scales to the grip; copper shell to the wooden scabbard with impressed rosettes and other motifs. 439 grams, 63.2 cm



From a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s.

Cross fleury pendant with granules to the rim and in the spandrels; obverse with central reserved cross and rectangular panels with calligraphic text; reverse with roundels and legend across the centre; stamped '[.]25' to loop. 4.89 grams, 34 mm



From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.