Record ID: PUBLIC-603782
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold posy ring of flattened D cross-section and plain hoop. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text No hap so hard as loue debard [sic] in italic style. The motto or poesy is followed by a punched maker's mark, a raised Roman capital B within a circular recess (unknown). External hoop diameter circa 20mm; band width 4mm; thickness nominally 1mm; weight 1.69g. The inscription 'No hap (happening / luck) so hard as loue (love) debard (excluded) is known from the late Elizabethan times but became more popular during the Jacobean era. The form of the ring and italic …
Created on: Friday 10th November 2017
Last updated: Friday 20th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dodleston', grid reference and parish protected.