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Auction: 23051 - English Milled and Hammered Coins and Artefacts
Lot: 1214

Medieval Period (c. 1400-1500), Gold Poesy Ring, Sans de Partir ('Without leaving'), flattened band engraved with flowers separating the inscription written in blackletter script, inside plain, 2.97g, ring size approx. P (cf. BM 1960,1103.1; cf. V&A ref. AF.1081), extremely fine condition, inscription all still visible, a choice example of a posy ring from this period

Provenance

Found on cultivated land in Snape with Thorp (North Yorkshire), 24 August 2007

~ Recorded with the British Museum, ref. PAS DENO-D26395 = BM 2007T694. ~



This ring is recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database, with the following report: "This was a popular sentiment used on expensive medieval love tokens. The finger-ring is gold, and dates from the fifteenth century."




A posy ring on display at the Harborough Museum also has the Old French inscription: 'sans departir' which is thought to be an abbreviated version of the saying 'mon Coeur avez sans departir' (you have my heart without parting).



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Sold for
£2,400

Starting price
£1000