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Description: | The ring, which is mis-shapen, has an external diameter of about 21mm, and the hoop is rounded on the outside to a D cross-section. The outside is plain; the interior of the band is inscribed in italic script I like my choice. The tops and bottoms of the letters are missing as a result of extreme wear. There are three marks in front of the inscription: a damaged and illegible date letter, a lion passant in a rectangular cartouche with rounded corners (a sterling standard mark) and the letters AH, with dot between the letters, in a rectangular cartouche.
Dimensions: Weight: 1.12g
Note: The style of the lettering is florid and suggests an 18th-century date; the initials are similar to those of London maker Andrew Hogg, working 1761, but may be those of another goldsmith. The shape of the lion cartouche suggests a date before 1740. Rings of this type are known from Wales; for example, a similar gold posy ring inscribed on the inside of the hoop: Vertue makes love eternall, followed by a punched maker's mark 'GH', from Penyclawdd Court, Llanfihangel Crucorney, Mon.; and love and obey from Pen-y-gaer Farm, near Crickhowell, Breconshire.
The ring is likely therefore to date to the period about 1720-40. Considerable wear on the outside suggests that the ring was worn for a long time, and supports the notion that it was probably a betrothal ring.
Inscription: I like my choice. | Subjects: | Posy | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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