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Description: | Copper alloy and dark blue glass, possibly gilded. Finger Ring, probably stamped metal. A central rectangular box served as setting for two stones of diameter 2.5mm, now lost. This is flanked by two ovoid features, each with three blind settings which retain tiny traces of possible gilding, and these in turn are flanked by rectangular settings each retaining a facetted dark blue paste stone of diameter 2mm. The rest of the band is plain, of rectangular section, 2mm and 1mm thick. A stamp within the band opposite the bezel appears to include the letters W.M. The recurrently exact metric measurements recorded might suggest this object to be of Continental manufacture, possibly sold in England as a 'Fairing'. Suggested date: late Post-Medieval, 1850-1900.Internal diameter: 18mm, Band width (at bezel): 6.3mm, Band Thickness (at bezel): 2mm, Weight: 1.56gms.
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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