Gold Posey Ring

of rounded convex section, interior engraved with inscription: "Love and live happie", illegible maker's mark

English, 18th Century

diameter: x 21 mm. (7/8 in.)
U.S. ring size: 7-7.5 wt: 4.5g.

#5084

ex: private American collection, before 2003. Previously, a private British collection, 1970s-1990s.

Comparandum:
Scarisbrick, D.; I like my choyse : posy rings from the Griffin Collection (London, 2021) p.188, no.113 (for ring style)