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Description: | A medieval finger-ring bezel in the shape of an angel holding a heart. It measures 12.57mm in height, 14.16mm in width and weighs 2.69g. On the reverse is a mark which indicates where the hoop was soldered. The bezel is silver-gilt and dates from the late fifteenth or early sixteenth centuries, and so qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996 (J P Robinson, Curator of Medieval Collections, British Museum, 9th August 2005).
A finger ring with a very similar bezel has been found in Kingston Deverill, Wiltshire (WILT-2C75F1). | 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: | 1450
1550 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Naomi Payne | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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