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LOT 0399
Post Medieval Gold Memento Mori Ring with Inscribed Posy 'In God Alone Wee Two Are One'
1700-1750 A.D.
3/4 in. (4.68 grams, 19.21 mm overall, 15.66 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J 1/2, USA 5, Europe 9.32, Japan 9)).
Displaying large flower heads, foliage and a skull to the outer face, enhanced with black enamelling; interior inscribed in a cursive script 'In god alone wee two are one', together with possible maker's stamps 'D' and 'F' in two rectangular cartouches.
ProvenanceFound whilst searching with a metal detector on 11th June 2021 by Mr Graham Higgins, near Hatford, Oxfordshire, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of the report for HM Coroner by the Finds Liason Officer (FLO) for the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) for Oxfordshire under Treasure reference number OXON-FBF56A.
Accompanied by a copy of the letter from HM Senior Coroner for Oxfordshire disclaiming the Crown's interest in the find.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1961,1202.385, for a similar design; cf. Evans, J., English Posies and Posy Rings, OUP, 1931, p.57, for a very similar inscription.
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LOT 0399
Post Medieval Gold Memento Mori Ring with Inscribed Posy 'In God Alone Wee Two Are One'
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,680
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Glazed in blue and white with some repairs. 1.35 kg total, 13.4 x 12.2 - 13.4 x 13 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection. -
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Tudor Period Glass Onion Bottle with Wine
16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Contained within the bottle with a cork and wax seal. 1.24 kg, 17 cm high
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Tudor Period Silver-Gilt Dress Pin
16th-17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising a tapering shaft and spherical head decorated with granule clusters and filigree hoops. 1.69 grams, 29 mm
From an Essex collection; acquired as part of an old jewellery collection. From the collection of a North American gentleman. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) record no.SWYOR-FF9E65; disclaimed as Treasure.
