“The cruel seas, remember, took him in November” - inscribed on the ring’s inner surface. A woman’s “memorial poesy ring” from 1592, made of gold and rock crystal.
-Lost at Sea exhibition at the Shakespeare Library.
* From the NYT, via the ever lovely even*cleveland & sweetest catbird.that inscription
This is the most beautiful ring, thank you for pointing me in its direction.
182 notes (via theodditiesblog & thebeehivelibrary)
This is for Alyssa :)