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LOT 649
Post Medieval Gold 'Moe trasure to a true freind' Posy Ring
18TH CENTURY AD
1/2" (0.78 grams, 17 mm overall, 14.75 mm internal diameter (approximate size British H, USA 3 3/4, Europe 6.18, Japan 6)).
A gold finger ring with D-section hoop, to the inner face the text in a fine seriffed italic hand 'Moe trasure to a true freind' with long 's'.
ProvenancePrivate UK collection, by descent from the vendor's father, who formed his collection in the 1970s-1980s. Part of this collection was previously sold at Bonham's Antiquities sale 17855, 6 October 2010, Lot 199; and in TimeLine Auctions June 2011 sale.
Footnotes'Moe' is a dialectal variant of 'more'.
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AUCTIONS:
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LOT 649
Post Medieval Gold 'Moe trasure to a true freind' Posy Ring
Sold for (Inc. bp): £908
16th century AD
Lot No. 652 Opening bid: £720
Early 18th century AD
Lot No. 662
Sold for (Inc. premium): £230
18th century AD
Lot No. 645
Sold for (Inc. premium): £2,178
