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Details
AN ELIZABETHAN GOLD, INTAGLIO SIGNET RING
The oval bezel with coloured foiled rock crystal intaglio engraved with heraldic style forget-me-not motif against a shield flanked by the date 1583 beneath the letters FGMN (for forget-me-not) within engraved cable border, to a tapering hoop,
Finger size - I 1/2
The oval bezel with coloured foiled rock crystal intaglio engraved with heraldic style forget-me-not motif against a shield flanked by the date 1583 beneath the letters FGMN (for forget-me-not) within engraved cable border, to a tapering hoop,
Finger size - I 1/2
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Further details
Cf. D.Sarisbrick & M. Henig, Finger rings, Oxford, 2003, p.50, no.2 for a German ring of similar date and type with forget-me-not motif and abreviations in German (for, Vergiss-mein-nicht), in the collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, cat. no. D23 (242)