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Description: | Gold finger ring, a 'fede' or 'faith' ring with a bezel moulded in the form of a pair of clasped hands, symbolising faith or trust. There are not hallmarks or inscriptions on the inside of the hoop. There are tool marks, however, which show that the hoop was probably worked from a sheet of gold and then the hands moulded by hand as the thumb of one hand has been wrapped around the back of the bezel. The colour and quality of the gold suggest that it is 22 carat gold (Martin Page pers comm). This example is a less ornate version of 2006 T567 which has been dated to the early 17th century.
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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