[Memorial ring inscribed "The Cruell seas remembr. took him in Novembr. 92"] [realia].

Box title: Memorial ring in gold

[England?], [1692?]

1 ring

Year "92" in the inscription probably refers to 1692, not 1592, based on the wording and lettering style.
Gold ring has large clear rose-cut crystal set above an image of a skeleton and the initials "RC" with " "The Cruell seas remembr. took him in Novembr. 92" engraved around the inside in the opposite direction.
As described by J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps: "A gold memorial ring, dated 1592 [sic], with the following curious posy inside, 'The cruell seas, remember / Took him in November.' On the top under a pebble is a death's head and a skeleton. This curious relic thus becomes a double illustration of Shakespeare, of the posy of a ring, and of 'a death's face in a ring' mentioned in Love's Labour's Lost."
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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, 9

Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library H-P Reliques no.9: "Dancing Skeletons and Human Hair: Remembrance, Memento Mori, and Material Culture", The Collation (10 July 2018)
Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library H-P Reliques no.9 (realia)

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H-P Reliques no.9 (realia)