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Description: | TREASURE CASE : 2013 T92.A Post-Medieval gold finger ring with a very worn inscription on the inside of the band in lower case. There is a maker's mark which reads either A F (?) in a rectangular shield or J V (?) if read the other way up.Discussion: The biblical reference suggests this is a betrothal or wedding ring:"16. And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people and thy God my God:17. Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me."If read as J V the maker's mark could be James Vale London mark entered 1836 (Grimwade mark number 1857).As the maker's mark cannot be accurately identified the ring cannot be securely dated to pre 1713 and as such falls outside the remit of the Treasure Act 1996Judy Rudoe 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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