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Georgian carved posy ring 'Nosse Te Ipsum', circa 18th century.

Yellow Gold

£9,000

Georgian carved 'Nosse Te Ipsum'. A yellow band, ornately carved to the exterior with a repeating pattern of scrolls, inscribed to the interior with the phrase 'NOSSE . TE IPSVM ~ *' in seriffed capitals, translated as 'know thyself', approximately 2.6mm in width. yellow gold, approximately 1.5g in weight, 18th century.

The phrase 'know yourself' has its origins in Ancient Greece and was one of the 147 Delphic maxims of how to live a worthy life. This, most famous of the maxims, was inscribed on the forecourt of the temple of Apollo at Delphi and has just as much power of sentiment today as it did many thousand years ago- a reminder to be aware of who you are as a person.

See Evans, J., 'English Posies and Posy Rings', 1931, p.84 for two variations on this posy- both found on rings.

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Reference Number 20813

Ring size: K

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Period Georgian

TOTAL / RING Weight 1.5 grams

Metal Yellow Gold

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Inside diameter (mm)	USA	UK	China India	European
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		41
13.26	2	D	2	42
13.46	2¼	D½
13.67	2½	E	3	43
13.87	2¾	E½
14.07	3	F	4	44
14.27	3¼	F½	5	45
14.48	3½	G
14.68	3¾	G½	6	46
		H		47
14.88	4	H½	7
15.09	4¼	I		48
15.29	4½	I½	8
15.49	4¾	J		49
15.7	5	J½	9	50
15.9	5¼	K		51
16.1	5½	K½	10
16.31	5¾	L		52
16.51	6	L½	11
16.71	6¼	M	12	53
16.92	6½	M½	13
17.12	6¾	N		54
17.32	7	O	14	55
17.53	7¼	O½		56
17.73	7½	P	15
17.93	7¾	P½		57
18.14	8	Q	16
18.34	8¼	Q½		58
18.54	8½	R	17	59
18.75	8¾	R½
18.95	9	S	18	60
19.15	9¼
19.35	9½	S½	19	61
19.56	9¾	T
19.76	10	T½	20	62
19.96	10¼	U	21
20.17	10½	U½	22	63
20.37	10¾	V		64
20.57	11	V½	23
20.78	11¼	W		65
20.98	11½	W½	24
21.18	11¾	X		66
21.39	12	Y	25	67
21.59	12¼	Y½		68
21.79	12½	Z	26
22	12¾	Z½		69
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

Georgian carved posy ring 'Nosse Te Ipsum'. A yellow gold D-shape band, ornately carved to the exterior with a repeating pattern of scrolls, inscribed to the interior with the phrase 'NOSSE . TE IPSVM ~ *' in seriffed capitals, translated as 'know thyself', approximately 2.6mm in width. Tested yellow gold, approximately 1.5g in weight, circa 18th century. The phrase 'know yourself' has its origins in Ancient Greece and was one of the 147 Delphic maxims of how to live a worthy life. This, most famous of the maxims, was inscribed on the forecourt of the temple of Apollo at Delphi and has just as much power of sentiment today as it did many thousand years ago- a reminder to be aware of who you are as a person. See Evans, J., 'English Posies and Posy Rings', 1931, p.84 for two variations on this posy- both found on signet rings.

20813

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Georgian carved posy ring 'Nosse Te Ipsum', circa 18th century.

Yellow Gold

£9,000

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