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Description: | Late post-medieval or early modern silver gilt finger-ring with illegible hall- or maker's mark on the inside. The ring is crudely made, but thanks to the precious metal, the engraved decoration on the outside of the hoop is still very crisp and clear: a row of leafy snowdrops. This finger-ring is not unique in the North West: three others were recorded on this database (all of which were made of cast cu-alloy) and these were found near Aintree (Liverpool), Preston (Lancashire) and Halton (nr. Lancaster): LANCUM-C8F8D5, LANCUM-CF9042 and LANCUM-D83FF7. It is possible that the snowdrop motif was a common one on finger rings in the North West in the later 18th/19th century and that finger rings displaying this decoration were both made from more expensive silver and also cheaper copper-alloy. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Boughton, Dot - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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