Georgian heraldic shield pearlmemorial ring. Set to center with one half pearl within a shield shaped setting with black enamel border, to shouldersengraved and enamelled with the words ''IN MEM' and 'ORY OF' with additional scrolling details to a plain flat shank, inside band inscribed 'T.E. Burgess' , approximately 1.88g in weight, maker's mark 'A&S', hallmarked to the interior with a crown, 18, an anchor, a 'U' and bust profile, which dates this piece to 1818.
The maker's mark, 'A&S' stands for Alder & Son of Blyth, Northumberland.
Formerly the property of a Suffolk lady, previously part of the Deago collection, by descent from the vendor's mother.
Georgian heraldic shield pearl memorial ring, 1818.
Georgian heraldic shield pearl memorial ring. Set to center with one half pearl within a shield shaped setting with black enamel border, to shoulders engraved and enamelled with the words ''IN MEM' and 'ORY OF' with additional scrolling details to a plain flat shank, inside band inscribed 'T.E. Burgess' , approximately 1.88g in weight, maker's mark 'A&S', hallmarked to the interior with a crown, 18, an anchor, a 'U' and bust profile, which dates this piece to 1818.
The maker's mark, 'A&S' stands for Alder & Son of Blyth, Northumberland.
Formerly the property of a Suffolk lady, previously part of the Deago collection, by descent from the vendor's mother.