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Description: | An incomplete and worn Medieval to post-Medieval copper-alloy and silvered finger-ring (c. 1450-c. 1550).The bezel is in the form of an angel holding a heart with both hands. A small portion of the soldered hoop is flat and the break at each end is old. The bezel and hoop have been silvered (or possibly tinned) and both have traces of gilding. There is no silver or gilding on the inside of the hoop.Similar finger-rings, depicting angels holding hearts that are made of silver, have been recorded as Treasure. See examples: SOMDOR-D9E932 (2005 T100); WILT-2C75F1 (2005 T111); NLM-8C14E1 (2008 T765); IOW-B20064 (2009 T184); IOW-2E6B43 (2011 T2) and IOW-0C8243 (2013 T487).Length: 17.22mm; width; 12.48mm; thickness of hoop and bezel: 3.06mm. Weight: 2.87g.
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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