posy ring

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Object Type
Museum number: AF.1292
Description: Gold posy ring with inscription, two sets of initials and maker's mark. D-section.
Producer name: Made by: Anne Smith (or possibly); Made by: Augustine Sodye
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1692 - 1697 (presumed active dates of Anne Smith); 1573 - 1611 (presumed acive dates of Augustine Sodye)
Production place: Made in: London (England)
Materials
Dimensions: Diameter: 0.85 inches
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Possibly the mark of Anne Smith, London goldsmith. Free of the London Goldsmiths' Company 1692 mentioned in 1692 poll tax return and fined in 1695 for substandard wares. Signed the register in 1697. Date of death unrecorded. Possibly also the mark of Augustine Sodye, London ringmaker. Free of the London Goldsmiths' Company 1573, Died 1611. Maker's mark information from Dr. David Mitchell - November 2011. See the Goldsmiths' Company database ref ID 1054 (Smith) and 1225 (Sodye) for further details.(available from the Goldsmiths' Company)
Bibliographic references: Dalton 1912 / Franks Bequest Catalogue of the Finger Rings, Early Christian, Byzantine, Teutonic, Mediaeval and Later, Bequeathed by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks, KCB, in which are included the other rings of the same period in the Museum. (1211); Evans 1931 / English Posies and Posy Rings (p. 58)
Location: Not on display
Condition: Good
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1897
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: AF.1292

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