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Description: | A cast copper alloy finger ring. The hoop is rectangular in section with slightly rounded corners. On the exterior surface there are 10 evenly spaced integral ridges, and the bezel forms the eleventh decorative element. The bezel is circular in plan and conical in profile. The rim of the bezel is slightly narrowed, which then encloses clear glass, with a bevelled edge, beneath which there is a decorative scene, possibly engraved or stamped into foil. The foil is decorated with a crucifixtion scene. The surface of the ring has areas of a dark grey/brown patina. The ring measures 30.96mm long, 27.81mm wide, 10.93mm thick across the bezel and weighs 6.68g.The finger ring is a decade type ring which probably dates to the 17th or early 18th century. Beatriz Chadour-Sampson and Rachel Church (Victoria and Albert Museum) identified the finger ring in a letter to the finder. The dating of the ring was based on a similar ring in the Koch Collection 'Chadour-Sampson, B. Rings: The Alice and Louis Koch Collection No. 803'.
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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