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Description: | Gold finger ring with a D-shape cross-section hoop. The flat inside is engraved with the inscription 'Let love abide tell Death divide' with the goldsmiths mark of IE in black letters at the end. The outside curved edge is undecorated.Discussion: Judy Rudoe comments that the mark is possibly that of John East, London jeweller; free of the London Goldsmiths' Company 1656 and died 1707. A finger ring with the same makers mark is held in the British Museum collection at 1961,1202.214.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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