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LOT 0365
Post Medieval Gold 'No recompence but love' Posy Ring
17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (2.72 grams, 18.41 mm overall, 16.33 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K, USA 5 1/4, Europe 9.95, Japan 9)).
The hoop with a convex outer face and inscription in cursive lettering to the interior: 'No recompence but love', followed by maker's initials 'NC' in rectangular cartouche. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the early 1990s.
Property of a Berkshire, UK, gentleman.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number AF.1350, for a ring with this inscription; cf. Evans, J., English Posies and Posy Rings, OUP, 1931, p.84, for this inscription.
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LOT 0365
Post Medieval Gold 'No recompence but love' Posy Ring
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,820
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