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Description: | Enamelled gold signet ring engraved with a crest in the form of a mermaid holding a comb and mirror, surrounded by scrolls, within a beaded border. The shoulders with female figures in relief, the hoop with foliate scrolls. Traces of coloured enamels B blue, pale blue, white and translucent green B remain in the relief decoration.
Dimensions and metal content: X-ray fluorescence analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated a gold content of approximately 93.5 per cent. Weight: 42.9 g.
Note: The female figures and foliate scrolls relate closely to ornament prints of the period, but examples as elaborate and heavy as this are rare. It is always difficult to identify the family from a crest alone, but according to Burke's General Armory and Papworth's Armorial, there are two possible candidates who used a mermaid crest: Ellis of Prestwich, Lancashire or Prestwich of Holme, Lancashire. | Subjects: | Signet | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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