File:Jewellery - 17th century gold posy ring - Inside view (2) (FindID 457581).jpg

English: A complete, Mid 17th Century, cast, gold alloy, posy finger ring. These became fashionable at this time (mid-17^th Century) with ladies who wore them on the thumb as a wedding ring. The hoop is plain with a semi-circular cross-section. There is a hand engraved inscription in italic lower case script '(your sight) is my delight'. There is very little wear but a quarter section has been squashed probably by agricultural machinery. This ring is likely to date to 1640-1660.

A variation of this inscription can be found in the British Museum collections (In thy sight is my delight), AF. 1301 & AF. 1302, dated 17^th -18^th Century. Joan Evans does not date this inscription and in the absence of an identifiable maker's mark there is no evidence to date this to pre-1711

Ref.

Victoria & Albert Museum - Catalogue of Rings 1930, C.C. Oman, Anglia Publishing 1993, page 21 and page 105-107, Treasures & Trinkets -Jewellery in London from Pre-Roman times to the 1930's, completed by Tessa Murdoch, Museum of London 1991, page 92-95, History Beneath Our Feet, Brian Read, Anglia Publishing, Ipswich 1995, page 151 no. 1023 and Detector Finds 3, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 1997, page 71-74. The ring is 21.09mm long, 20.97mm wide, 3.33mm thick, External diameter 20.97, Internal diameter 18.5mm and weighs 1.2g.