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Georgian gold posy ring 'Loue never dies where vertue lies', circa 18th century.

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Georgian gold posy ring 'Loue never dies where vertue lies', circa 18th century.
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Georgian gold posy ring 'Loue never dies where vertue lies'. The plain yellow gold D-shape band engraved in italic script 'Loue never dies where vertue lies', approximately 4mm in width. Tested yellow gold, maker's mark 'Y' within a square punch, approximately 3.95g in weight, circa 18th century.

See Joan Evans' catalogue of posy mottos 'English Posies and Posy Rings', 1931, p. 74 for different variations on the spelling of this posy. The exact spelling of this motto is not recorded.

Ring size guide: Q

Convert Ring Sizes.

Inside diameter (mm)	USA	UK	China India
11.63	0
11.84	¼
12.04	½	A
12.24	¾	A½
12.45	1	B	1
12.65	1¼	B½
12.85	1½	C
13.06	1¾	C½
13.26	2	D	2
13.46	2¼	D½
13.67	2½	E	3
13.87	2¾	E½
14.07	3	F	4
14.27	3¼	F½	5
14.48	3½	G
14.68	3¾	G½	6
14.88	4	H½	7
15.09	4¼	I
15.29	4½	I½	8
15.49	4¾	J
15.7	5	J½	9
15.9	5¼	K
16.1	5½	K½	10
16.31	5¾	L
16.51	6	L½	11
16.71	6¼	M	12
16.92	6½	M½	13
17.12	6¾	N
17.32	7	O	14
17.53	7¼	O½
17.73	7½	P	15
17.93	7¾	P½
18.14	8	Q	16
18.34	8¼	Q½
18.54	8½	R	17
18.75	8¾	R½
18.95	9	S	18
19.15	9¼
19.35	9½	S½	19
19.56	9¾	T
19.76	10	T½	20
19.96	10¼	U	21
20.17	10½	U½	22
20.37	10¾	V
20.57	11	V½	23
20.78	11¼	W
20.98	11½	W½	24
21.18	11¾	X
21.39	12	Y	25
21.59	12¼	Y½
21.79	12½	Z	26
22	12¾	Z½
22.2	13		27
22.4	13¼
22.61	13½
22.81	13¾
23.01	14
23.22	14¼
23.42	14½
23.62	14¾
23.83	15
24.03	15¼
24.23	15½
24.43	15¾
24.64	16