Finger ring, posy ring

A plain gold posy ring with a D-sectioned hoop inscribed internally in quasi cursive 'In Christ & thee my comfort be' with the maker's initials 'WC' in black letter in a punch of two conjoined circles.
This posy ring was made by William Coles who was made Free of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths' on 7th December 1722. His mark was entered as a smallworker on 5th August 1724 and is recorded on mourning rings dated 1731 and 1732. He was still working in 1764. See A G Grimwade 'London Goldsmiths 1697-1837', London, 1990, p 468 and mark no. 3076. See also Mark Emanuel, 'The Surviving Rings of the Serjeants at Law', London, 2008 (privately printed). For other rings by William Coles see ring number 62.4/151 in the Museum of London's collection (similar mark - possible variation) and posy rings in the British Museum (Evans bequest) inventory numbers 1961,1202.218 and 1961, 1202.322 and Dalton (Franks bequest) numbers AF.1547; AF.1553; AF.1609; SL rings. 67 with identical marks. See also posy rings in the Museum of London's collection with the same or variant inscriptions: inventory numbers - 62.4/15; 62.4/68; 62.4/119; A11743 and A19880. See also reference in Dame Joan Evans 'English Posies and Posy Rings', Oxford, 1931, pp 28-29 with examples in the British Museum (Franks bequest - AF. 1136); the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge and in the Catalogue of Joseph Mayer's Collection of Engraved Gems and Rings, no. 901.