Post Medieval Gold Inscribed Memorial Ring

CIRCA 18TH CENTURY AD

3/4" (Gold, 4.98 grams, 20 mm overall (approximate size British L 1/2, USA 6, Europe 11.87, Japan 11)).

A gold finger ring with D-section hoop, to the outer face an inscribed skull, to the inner an inscription in a neat italic hand 'Telc rapuisse vini Mors ipsa pudebit F.L.' ("...death itself is ashamed") and maker's mark 'RR' behind.

Provenance

Property of a Hampshire Gentleman; acquired before 1990; found near Winchester, 1976.

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LOT 1175

Post Medieval Gold Inscribed Memorial Ring

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,053

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