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Description: | Gold posy ring with a plain band or hoop, D-shaped in section with a flat inner side. There is an incised inscription running around most of the inside of the hoop. It reads 'Constant am I untill I die ', and all the letters are in lower case italics, apart from an initial upper case letter 'C' of Constant and the upper case 'I'. The long 's' in 'ConStant' is more like an 'f '' and this style of 's' stopped being used in about 1780 (http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/why-f-instead-of-s-in-old-fashioned-spellings). The inscription terminates in a stamped maker's mark 'J C' in Gothic capitals within a rectangular punch. The term 'posy', based on the French poésy or poetry, describes the amatory verse or rhyming motto with which the rings are engraved. These phrases suggest the dedication of the giver to the wearer of the ring.The maker's mark is very close (the black letter version), to posy rings in the British Museum's collections: 1961,1202.34; 1961,1202.210; and 1961,1202.275 (Judy Rudoe pers comm). These rings are attributed to Joseph Collier who was based in Plymouth and making rings between 1713/1714 and 1755. So this ring is far more likely to date from after 1715, if it is the same maker, and therefore is not old enough to be considered as potential Treasure.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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