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LOT 0360
Post Medieval Gold 'Thy vertue is thy honor' Posy Ring
18TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (2.20 grams, 17.11 mm overall, 14.60 mm internal diameter (approximate size British G 1/2, USA 3 1/2, Europe 5.55, Japan 5)).
The slender band with a convex outer face and inscription in cursive script to the interior: 'Thy vertue is thy honor' followed by maker's mark 'DA' in a rectangular cartouche. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired in the early 1990s.
Property of a Berkshire, UK, gentleman.
Literature
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1961,1202.361, for a very similar ring with this inscription, dated 17th century; cf. Evans, J., English Posies and Posy Rings, OUP, 1931, p.100, for this inscription.
Footnotes
The maker's mark is possibly a Britannia style mark composed of the first two letters of the surname of one Isaac Davenport, active 1696-1731.
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LOT 0360
Post Medieval Gold 'Thy vertue is thy honor' Posy Ring
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
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