Posy ring
from the Antique Jewelry University
A posy (or posie) ring is a golden hoop ring of simple design - usually rounded on the outside - with engraved poesy phrases on the inside as "forget not who loveth thee" or "A loveing wife a happy life" and were given to express love, regards or other expressions of sentiments.
Sources consulted
- Dalton, O.M. Catalogue of finger rings, British Museum. 1912