posy ring

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Object Type
Museum number: AF.1361
Description: Gold posy ring with inscription engraved on interior. Some words are in the form of pictograms. The hoop of D-shaped section. No maker's mark
Cultures/periods
Production date: 17thC-18thC
Production place: Made in: England
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Diameter: 0.88 inches
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Text from Dalton 1912, Catalogue of Finger Rings: 'The words in brackets are expressed by symbols in the engraving'. This kind of inscription is known as a rebus. The ring is large and heavy and may have been worn by a man.
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. (1280); Evans 1931 / English Posies and Posy Rings (p. 88 & p. xxvi)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2005-2006 25 Jul-13 Jan, Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Buried Treasure: Finding Our Past 2005 12 Feb-26 Jun, Newcastle, Hancock Museum, Buried Treasure: Finding Our Past 2004-2005 1 Oct-15 Jan, Manchester Museum, Buried Treasure: Finding Our Past 2004 30 Apr-21 Sep, Cardiff, National Museums & Galleries of Wales, Buried Treasure: Finding Our Past 2003-2004 21 Nov-14 Mar, London, BM, Buried Treasure: Finding Our Past
Condition: good
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1897
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: AF.1361

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