File:Kirkham Area, Gold Posy Ring (FindID 96744).jpg

English: A medieval finger ring of hollow construction. The hoop is cast to include three hollow spaces in which separate engraved panels have been inserted. Each hollow space is bordered by a toothed edge to imitate beading. Between each panel the hoop itself is decorated with the cast motif of an open book, made up of a pair of wedges joined at their sharp edges and with their wider edges and tapering faces decorated with grooves to resemble the page edges. Small pellets are attached to the rim of the hoop behind the books at top and bottom (as if the books are resting on rods which protrude at either end). Both the open pages of the three small books as well as the separate panels are inscribed. The inscription is in black-letter style and in French, and reads on the separate panels: cest mon decir (C'est mon desir = This is my desire). The open books carry two letters each: ec / po / yr (espoir = hope).

It is likely that the background of the panels and book pages bore black or dark blue enamel, but no traces are left.

It is interesting to note that the letters in the panels and the books cannot be read from the same side - they are upside down with respect to each other, and when the letters on the books are the right way up the ring needs to be turned through 180 degrees to read the letters on the panels.