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"PROBUM NON PENITET" ("Upright not Repentant")

“PROBUM NON PENITET”
(“Righteous not Repentant”; “The Upright does not Repent”)

Motto in Garter, around a raised arm clutching two leafy branches.
Armorial with motto, intaglio carved in slightly bi-convex oval of white-banded black agate chalcedony, a single white band horizontal across the center. Originally in the 18th or 19th century seal ring of a peer in Britain's Order of the Garter, the gem was re-framed later as a pendant in gold tested 14-15k.

Size : oval 5/8" high x 1/2" across x 3/16" deep;
Pendant hangs 7/8" long from top of ring

Gross weight : .059 troy ounce
Provenance : a Williamsburg Virginia collection
# 30062 d4 ...................................... SOLD

Size: 4 items
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Enlarged to show detail

Oval measures 5/8" tall x 1/2" across x 3/16" deep

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"PROBUM NON PENITET"

"PROBUM NON PENITET"

"Upright, not Repentant"

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Pendant hangs 7/8" long from top of ring

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SOLD

SOLD

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