Victorian Pique "Psyche" Brooch cuffs Posy Rings take their name

Posy Rings take their name from the old word Poesy

These clever little devices allow the wearer to keep track of the days and dates of the month

beginning in 1809

above the Latin motto: "De Vivis Nil Nisi Verum" The full motto is actually De Vivis Nil Nisi Verum De Mortius Nil Nisi Bonum

and through into the Renaissance era

Victorian Pique "Psyche" Brooch cuffs Posy Rings take their nameDATE: Victorian, c. 1870 A superb mid Victorian pique brooch dating from the 1870s. It's a round, slightly domed shape, inlayed with gold and silver, and featuring a butterfly at the centre surrounded by an elaborately embellished border. The butterfly represented the soul or Psyche in Greek mythology, and as such it's likely that that this was a mourning piece to be worn in the memory of a dearly beloved. MEASUREMENTS 3. 8cm diameter WEIGHT 7. 2g