Fixing My Love on Thee

Early Georgian 22 carat gold posy ring with the charming motto “Fixing My Love on Thee Let Me Most Happey Be”. c.1730.

The lettering is eccentric with very long scrolls and the spelling typically archaic.

D-shaped band.

Size 9, 4.9 grams.

Makers mark SW, likely for Samuel Wood, a prolific London maker.