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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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Tudor Period Bronze Signet Ring with Cockerel
16th-17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
The hoop expanding to facetted shoulders and an octagonal bezel, engraved with a strutting cockerel with substantial comb. 5.07 grams, 20.78 mm overall, 17.48 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)
Private collection formed since the 1940s. UK art market. Property of an Essex gentleman. -
Elizabethan Period Ceramic Fire Brick Group
Circa 16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £140
Each slightly differently sized and displaying designs in relief including heraldic shields, fleurs, a crowned lozenge and other worn motifs. 9 kg total, 12.7-14 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
These glazed stove or floor tiles are similar to the ones of the great hall and the Tudor kitchens at Hampton Court Palace, made of ceramic, with a glaze to make it hard wearing and washable. Not just the furnishings, but the palaces themselves were multi-coloured, with brick walls painted red, and exposed timbers in yellow, red, green and white. -
Post Medieval Bronze Clothes Fastener Group
18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Three accompanied by Portable Antiquities Scheme records: a rectangular tag with knops to the side edges and rectangular attachment bar, hook t the opposite end and central quatrefoil design; an example of Read's Class 3 Type c, domed rectangular body with hook to one end and cross-hatching to the centre; a dress hook of Read's Class D Type 6 comprising a trefoil plan with domed plates, scalloping to the circumferences, pellets to the bodies; seven additional fasteners of various types and dates, most with hatching, floral or pellet ornament. 53 grams total, 22-36 mm
Found Berkshire, UK. Accompanied by a copies of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report nos.BERK-12D023, BERK-1315E4, and BERK-D2CBD4.
