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LOT 2025
Tudor Decorated 'TENES LA [F]OY' Silver Posy Ring
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (2.49 grams, 21.42 mm overall, 18.09 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).
Barrel-shaped in profile with beaded rims, diagonal bands of beading framing parcel-gilt bands with flower and tendril ornament; legend to inner face in italic capitals 'TENES LA [F]OY' (keep the faith). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex East Sussex private collection, 1970s-1980s.
Literature
See Evans, J., English Posies and Posy Rings, Oxford, 1931, for discussion.
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