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Description: | A gold post-medieval posy ring.
The ring has a D-shaped section with undecorated exterior. The interior has been inscribed in lower case italic script: 'Heue 72 25' my happeness' (Heaven is my happeness (sic)).
The inscription 'Heaven is my happyness' is recorded by Joan Evans, English Posies and Posy-Rings (Oxford, 1931), p. 47.
A posy ring inscribed with that version and with the maker?s mark ?TT? is held in the British Museum?s collections (1961,12-2.211).
The style of lettering on the ring suggests a 17th century date.
Dimensions: external diameter: 17mm; width of hoop: 3.5mm; weight: 3.1g. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1600
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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