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Description: | A Post Medieval gold finger ring. The gold band is sub-circular with a D shaped cross section. The slightly narrowed shoulders are decorated with foliate designs. The prominent oval bezel has triangular decoration around the rim which holds a faceted piece of clear glass. Through the glass can be seen an intricate monogram in gold lettering. The inside of the band is inscribed with the legend "when this you see remember me" all in cursive lower case lettering.Date: Post-Medieval; 17th - 18th CenturyThe ring has an internal diameter of 15.9mm, the bezel is 11.6mm long, 11.4mm wide and 5.4mm thick. The ring weighs 3.09 grams.Discussion: The British Museum collections holds examples of this style of ring; also see Dalton, 1912, pp 217 - 220. Joan Evans records a similar inscription in a 1596 manuscript and again in a publication of 1674 but a variant of the inscription also occurs on a ring in the British Museum collections dated 17th -18th Century (1961.1202,442)This is a late 17th Century type which does continue into the early 18th Century. On the balance of probabilities, in this instance this finger-ring is likely to pre-date 1711, though it cannot be attributed to any particular date or country of origin. It as such it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.Jennifer Jackson Caroline BartonFinds Liaison Officer The British Museum
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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