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Description: | Fragment of gold post-medieval finger ring. The fragment is the bezel of the ring. It is rectangular in plan and trapezoidal in section. It appears to be hollow. The bezel is set with a rectangular cut red stone (or possibly red glass). The stone in the second setting is damaged. The sides of the bezel are decorated with raised lines, which form scallops. Beneath these, on all sides is a border of tiny dotted or dashed indents. Around the bottom of the bezel is a slight flanged rim. This is decorated with a running motif of raised hollow squares and solid dashes. The underneath of the bezel is decorated with a series of grooves that divides the reverse into six triangular quadrants set around a central square. The fields of the quadrants are decorated with roughly punched dots. The underneath reveals that one edge is damaged, revealing the hollow interior, now filled with earth. Opposite the damaged end are the remains of the hoop.The object is 10.74mm long, 7.74mm wide, 5.74mm thick and weighs 1.67g. A number of similar, complete rings are held by the British Museum. it dates from the late 16th or early 17th century.
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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