[Group of five posy rings] [realia].

[Group of five posy rings] [realia].

Box title: Five gold posy rings

[first half 17th century?]

5 rings ; diam between 14 and 23 mm

"84. A gold posy-ring, the motto being a pun on some person's initials: I cannot show the love I.O.; 85. another posy-ring, in gold: God aboue increase our loue.; 86. A third posy-ring, in gold: God's blessing be with thee and me; A fourth posy-ring, in gold: Leett loue abide till death deuide; 88. A fifth posy-ring, in gold, with a single line posy: Let vertue rule affection. Well might Hamlet compare the prologue to a posy, 'Is this a prologue, or the posy of a ring?' Ophelia replies, 'Tis brief, my lord.' ... The present interesting collection of original posy rings, nos. 84 to 88, all in gold, and in fine preservation, belong to the first half of the seventeenth century. They were bought by me at Messrs. Sotheby's for the small sum of £3 : 7." -- J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps.

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Some account of the antiquities, coins, manuscripts, rare books, ancient documents, and other reliques illustrative of the life and works of Shakespeare, 84-88

H-P Reliques no.84-88 (realia)