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LOT 0367
Post Medieval Gold 'Loue.is.a ioye' Posy Ring
17TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (3.09 grams, 18.65 mm overall, 16.06 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5 3/4, Europe 11.24, Japan 10)).
Plain hoop with engraved legend to inner face 'Loue.is.a ioye' (Love is a joy). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired from the early 1980s.
From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
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