Georgian Gold Posy Ring "To tight to acquire"

Code: 10357

This is a fun Georgian gold posy ring, dating to the 18th century A.D. The thin band is delicately engraved in copperplate script, with what we can make out as "so tigt to icqire" possibly for "so tight to inquire" and a maker's mark. Such a thin band may have been one of the cheapest rings in the goldsmiths stock, his joke as the buyer would be too tight or mean to inquire the price, or to misly to buy the ring? Hopefully, we won't find any here!

OBJECT: POSY RING

CULTURE:  GEORGIAN

DATE: c. 18th century A.D.

MATERIAL: GOLD 

RING SIZE:    6  (US)     M  (UK)

SIZE: 18.25mm x 1.74mm 

WEIGHT:  1 grams

PROVENANCE: Ex. Private Collection, Wiltshire.