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Description: | A solid silver finger ring inscribed with chevron and ring designs with a knotted cord design around the bezel, which also has four small knops surround it. Two horizontal silver bands inscribed with horizontal lines wrap around the body of the ring. The body of the ring is made from two thick bands of silver, with a thin plate of silver (the decorated portion) adhering to the outside of these bands. The green gemstone is thought to be type of Chalcedony (see below), with the stronger green colour nearer to the edge of the mount suggesting the stone has faded due to exposure to sunlight, a natural process.The style of the ring, and the gem used suggests an early modern date, probably 19th to early 20th century. It would have been a valuable piece of jewellery.The ring measures 22.60mm in diamter and the silver is 2.59mm thick. The bezel measures 10.67mm in length and is 9.11mm wide. The ring weighs 6.2gms.
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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