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Description: | Gold ring formed of a thin hoop, the exterior surface with a groove at each edge and textured or roughened to take enamel; the interior inscribed in capitals: KEPE ME IN MYND. The surface is very shiny, possibly the result of cleaning. Note: The inscription is recorded in Joan Evans, English Posies and Posy-Rings (Oxford, 1931), as from a 17th century manuscript, but with a different spelling, €˜Keep mee in minde€™. It does not occur on any of the posy-rings in the British Museum, but the British Museum holds a ring of similar scale with the same groove at each edge and a similarly textured surface which retains traces of enamel (O M Dalton, Catalogue of Finger-rings in the British Museum (London, 1912), cat. no. 1127).
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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