Gold and enamel, 3.27 grams, 23.17 mm, int.dia. 18.63 mm (British Q½ European 18.62 US 8½ ) Circa 15th century AD. A hollow-cast finger ring retaining traces of the original enamel detailing on the band. Decoration comprises elliptical panels with double borders between double-border lozenges with central starburst motifs. The panels bear three words in heavy black letter script (originally enamelled): 'par / bone / amour' (for good love). This text appears in some 15th century French songs in the dialect of the Limousin; it may be taken as a form of love-token. Reference: cf. Oman, C.C. Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue of Rings 1930, reprinted Ipswich, 1993 item 624. Very fine condition. Provenance: not found in the UK, from an old English collection. This antiquity is accompanied by an XRF metal test certificate from Oxford X-ray Fluorescence Ltd.