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Signet ring with Sapphire sapphire intaglio and gold ring diameters 2.1 and 1.9 cm (0.8 x 0.75 inch) ring England, fifteenth century intaglio: shield with two-tailed female figure, siren or mermaid, formerly thought to be Lusignan arms, probably engraved eighteenth century inscription inside band: CELLE Q I EME MEMMERA "She whom I love will love me" flowers outside band: possible pansies, and thistles or marigolds Paris, Musée du Louvre OA MRR 229 bezel full ring, profile with cm scale full ring, oblique with cm scale band exterior, left of bezel band exterior, right of bezel band, oblique, exterior plants and interior inscription inscription: CELLE inscription: CELLE Q IEM inscription: Q IEME MEM inscription: E MEM M inscription: EM MERA