"Medieval Gold Ring Brooch.
french Or English, 13th Century."
A Medieval gold ring brooch.
French or English, 13th century.Measures 2.5cm in diameter.
Weighs 3.9 grams.
Provenance: Private English Collection
The ring is engraved in latin ‘DEVM TIME ET MANDA[TA] EVIS [sic] OBSERVA’,[Ecclesiastes 12. v.13] which translates as “Fear God and observe His commandments”.
The fastening pin bears a French control mark “ET” denoting that it has travelled through a French assay office in the 19th century.
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