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LOT 0327
Post Medieval Gold 'No Recompence But Love' Posy Ring
CIRCA 18TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (3.08 grams, 20.33 mm overall, 18.20 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)).
A large gold posy ring with D-section hoop and inscribed internally 'No recompence but love' in lower case with 'ML' maker's punch. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK antiques market between 1974-1985.
Albert Ward collection, Essex, UK.
Literature
See Evans, J., English Posies and Posy Rings, London, 1931, p.84, for this inscription.
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