Posy ring
Posy rings were given as love tokens, betrothal or wedding rings, and contained personal messages engraved onto them. This ring contains the message ‘I esteeme vertue more than gould’ (I esteem virtue more than gold).
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 14/1921
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Devon archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Material
- gold
- Common Name
- posy ring
- Simple Name
- ring (finger)
- Period Classification
- Tudor (1500-1603); Stuart (1603-1714)
