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Description: | A gold finger ring measuring 16mm in external diameter, although it is slightly bent out of shape. 8mm before the inset gem the gold band of the ring is decorated with narrow longditudinal grooves. The bezel for the gem is 5mm by 5mm square, the gem is clear in colour and may be a diamond, or glass, it has been cut into a four sided pyramid-shape with a flat top. The gem is set into a black/dark blue resinus? material, which may be enamel, this material forms further decoration up each side of the bezel consisting of two rectangular shapes, with the top two corners rounded and a vertical line protruding from the centre of them. This ring is likely to be post-medieval in date.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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