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Description: | A post-medieval or modern gold finger ring, probably made from the casing of a fob seal. The slender hoop is D-shaped in cross-section and decorated on the exterior with foliate motifs comprising flower heads and leaves.Both sides of the ring are flat and undecorated. One is smooth, however, the other displays prominant file marks, suggesting that it has been cut from another object. Similarly, on the interior of the ring is a deep, slender channel running the entire perimeter of the hoop. This too suggests that the object was once a fob seal, which was later recycled into a ring.
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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