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890 Tudor - Turquoise Cabochon - Gold Ring. Circa 16th century AD. The band with linear ornament flaring slightly to the cell bezel, set with a cabochon turquoise. Cf. Cheapside hoard. 2.66 grams, internal 17.01 mm. Very fine. Eminently wearable. £600 - £800 Private London collection found Spitalfields c.1985.
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891 Tudor - Turquoise Cabochon - Gold Ring. Circa 16th century AD. The band flaring at the shoulders with lotus flower detail to the integral hollow cell, set with a cabochon turquoise. 4.59 grams, internal 20,18 mm. Fine, a little usage wear to shoulders but eminently wearable. £400 - £600 892 17th Century - ‘In Love Love abide till death devide’ Gold Inscribed Posy Ring. 17th century AD. A finger ring inscribed internally in italic letters ‘In Love Love abide till death devide’; the maker’s mark ‘TS’ within a rectangular cartouche. Cf. several variant texts in Joan E English Posies and Posy Rings, Oxford, 1931. 3.03 grams, 19.91 mm, internal 17.70 mm (UK size O 1/2; USA size 7.5; EU 15.61; Japan size 15.5). Very fine with some very slight distortion to the band. Wearable. £400 - £500 Found Irnham, Lincolnshire. Offered with British Museum report (disclaimed under Treasure Act, 1996, reference 2010 T202).
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893 17th Century - ‘The gift of a frend’ - Gold Inscribed Posy Ring. Circa late 17th century AD. A gold finger ring with a legend inscribed around the interior in italic script: ‘The gift of a frend’. See Evans J English Posies and Posy Rings, Oxford, 1931 p.94, example in British Museum. 0.93 grams, internal 14.02 mm. Extremely fine condition, a wearable example with finely executed inscription. £300 - £400 From an old private collection formed in the 1950’s.
894 18th Century - ‘Hurt not that (heart) whoes Joy thou art’ - Gold Inscribed Posy Ring. Circa 18th century AD. A gold finger ring with a legend inscribed around the interior in an italic hand: ‘Hurt not that [heart] whoes Joy thou art’, the word ‘heart’ represented by a heart-shaped ideogram, and the ‘s’ of ‘whoes’ in its long form. See Evans J English Posies and Posy Rings, Oxford, 1931 p.48, example from Sullington, Sussex. 4.51 grams, 21.77 mm, internal 19.20 mm (UK size S; USA size 9.5; EU size 20.38; Japan size 19.5). Extremely fine condition, a large wearable example with beautiful inscription and finely executed script. £600 - £800 Found Norfolk.
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