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Description: | gold posy ring
Gold posy ring with narrow hoop, the hoop broken and repaired, engraved on the exterior with flower and leaves, and inside with the inscription 'Let Vertue be a guide to ??..ee [thee]. There is also a stamped maker's mark which is only partly legible, but may read S (?) above GW. This square form of mark with two rows of maker's initials is normally found from the mid-18th century onwards. There is no evidence to date this ring pre-1705. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Barton, Caroline - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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