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Description: | A gold signet ring dating to the Late 16th or 17th century. The finger-ring has a flat sub-circular bezel engraved in intaglio with a monogram within an inner plain and outer beaded border. The monogram incorporates the initials IT (?). The edge of the bezel is decorated with a further row of beading and a plain incised line which delineates the top of the narrow shoulders. The shoulders taper to a slender hoop, which is now distorted. This form of ring is characteristic of signet rings of the period.
Dimensions: Diameter of bezel: 16mm; width of hoop at base: 2.1mm; weight: 13.9 grams.
Metal content: The precious metal content of the ring fulfils the requirements of the Treasure Act in that it is greater than 10%. | 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: | 1550
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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