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Description: | Decorative gold posy-ring. The hoop is of flattened-D cross-section, and the outer surface is cast with a repeating floral pattern quatrefoils and other flowers. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: Such is my love, in italic script. Internal hoop diameter 15.7 mm; maximum band width 4mm; maximum band thickness 1mm; weight 2.79g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. Metal Content To judge from its colour and weight and visual comparison with other gold rings and brooches in the collections of the Department of History & Archaeology, the alloy is well in excess of 10% gold. Conclusions The letter forms, decoration and ring form indicate that the ring is of late sixteenth to mid-seventeenth-century date. The way in which the ascenders on the lower case 'h' and 'l' turn to the right at the top ('clubbing'), occurs on the inscriptional lettering on a posy ring from Old Beaupre Castle, Vale of Glamorgan (04.13; TAR 2004, no. 500), while a similar floral pattern occurs on one from Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire (03.22; TAR 2003, no. 421). A similar floral pattern occurs on a ring bearing the interior inscription No recompenc but remembrance in the British Museum collections (Dalton 1912, no. 1271)
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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