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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Jewellery, Rooms 91, The William and Judith Bollinger Gallery

Ring Brooch

1300-1350 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Ring brooch, silver, engraved on one side with an inscription in Lombardic letters 'IHC HOPE Y[?]E BEST' (IHC I hope the best), a rosette at the beginning of the inscription.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silver, engraved
Brief description
Silver ring brooch with a rosette and inscribed in Lombardic characters 'IHC hope the best'. England 1300-50.
Physical description
Ring brooch, silver, engraved on one side with an inscription in Lombardic letters 'IHC HOPE Y[?]E BEST' (IHC I hope the best), a rosette at the beginning of the inscription.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 3.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
IHC HOPE YE BEST (English, Lombardic letters)
Translation
IHC hope the best
Credit line
Given by Dame Joan Evans
Subjects depicted
Association
Bibliographic reference
Lightbown, Ronald. Medieval European Jewellery: with a catalogue of the collection in the Victoria & Albert Museum. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1992. cat. 16. p. 495.
Collection
Accession number
M.47-1975

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Record createdDecember 15, 1999
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