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Description: | TREASURE CASE: 2013 T879Description: A complete gold finger ring of 15th century date. The ring is circular and the band is slightly concave in section so that the external inscription is set within a slightly incurved recess which may originally have contained enamel. The internal surface of the ring is plain.The external inscription is in French and reads: "+ en bon desir" which translates as "in good desire". Each word of the inscription is separated from the next with an engraved foliate design of feathered stems, with a single larger stem between the words en and bon and between bon and desir and a smaller pair of feathered stems flanking a cross between desir and en.Dimensions: Thickness: 1mm; Width: 3.5mm; Diameter: 18.4mm (External), 16.3mm (Internal); Weight 1.9g Discussion: Several other examples of this type of finger ring have already been reported under the Treasure Act, for examples see 2004 T64 (Lincolnshire) and 2013 T91 (Derbyshire).Author: Charlotte BurrillFormerly recorded as DENO-34D421
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