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Description: | A complete, 14th century, gold finger ring. The hoop measures 20.49mm in external diameter and 18.17mm in internal diameter. The hoop is rectagular in shape and tapers towards its back, both ends of the hoop terminate in a pair of clasped hands. The outer face of the hoop has incised lettering in it and reads 'AVE MARIA,' The A's are chevron barred. The shoulders of this ring are slightly flaring and they each have a four petalled flower incised upon them, either side of the bezel. There are two parallel projecting horizontal triangular shaped bezels, with a horizontal perforation inbetween them, each bezel has an oval shaped blue gem set in its tip, the upper gem is a darker blue than the lower gem, which has a slight chip.
Examined by J P Robinson, Curator of Medieval Collections, British Museum, 11th May 2004, under the Treasure Act. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1300
1400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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