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Description: | Gold post-Medieval mourning ring
Date: early 18th century
Description: D-shaped hoop, with skull on the bezel, showing traces of white enamel. There are also traces of black enamelling on the outside of the band, within the cross-hatching. On the inside is the inscription ??sic omnibus??, with the maker??s mark ??DA??. There are slight traces of black enamel within the lettering.
Discussion: The d-shaped section is typical of the 17th and early-18th centuries. The maker??s mark is very likely to be that of Isaac Davenport, who registered this mark as a smallworker in 1705 (Grimwade, no. 434). The British Museum has no mourning ring with a similar inscription.
Metal content: The precious metal content of the ring fulfils the requirements of the Treasure Act in that it is greater than 10%. In balance of probabilities the ring dates to earlier than 1707, and as such qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
N. Awais-Dean
The British Museum
16.04.07
2007-T116 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | McIntosh, Frances | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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