Delightful Georgian gold posy ring "Vertue and love are from above"

Code: 11346

This is a fabulous Georgian gold posy ring, dating to the 18th century. The inside of the band is inscribed "Vertue and loue are from aboue" (Virtue and love are from above). It bears a makers mark of 'T.F' for Thomas Folkingham of London. who bore this mark in 1721. The ring is in excavated condition, originally a detector find from Cambridgeshire. Today this ring would make a rather charming and unique wedding band!

OBJECT: POSY RING

CULTURE:  GEORGIAN

DATE: c. 1720 - 1730 A.D.

MATERIAL: GOLD 22k

RING SIZE:    6 1/4  (US)     M 1/2  (UK)

SIZE: 19.22mm x 3.12mm 

WEIGHT:  2.44 grams

PROVENANCE:  Formerly in the Fortesque Collection, Northampton. Originally found in Cambridgeshire.