Posy ring 'Let love abide till death divide'. A smoothly conforming D-shape band, engraved to the interior in italic script 'Let love abide till death divide', approximately 2.7mm in width. Tested yellow gold, approximately 3.2 grams in weight, indistinct maker's mark, circa 1750.
This posy motto was a stock favourite, with several different versions of the phrase being catalogued in 'English Posies and Posy Rings', Evans, J., 1931, p.66.
Posy ring 'Let love abide till death divide', circa 1750.
Posy ring 'Let love abide till death divide'. A smoothly conforming D-shape band, engraved to the interior in italic script 'Let love abide till death divide', approximately 2.7mm in width. Tested yellow gold, approximately 3.2 grams in weight, indistinct maker's mark, circa 1750.
This posy motto was a stock favourite, with several different versions of the phrase being catalogued in 'English Posies and Posy Rings', Evans, J., 1931, p.66.