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17th or 18th century gold finger ring
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Colchester Museums, Caroline McDonald, 2005-10-11 15:04:28
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17th or 18th century gold finger ring
Description
English: Complete gold ring. The hoop has a D shaped section. The exterior is engraved with cross hatching within borders, extending around the entirety of the hoop. The border and cross-hatching retain some black enamel within the engraving. The interior of the loop is stamped with a hallmark that appears to have been deliberately obliterated. A maker's mark ‘II’ is visible. The ring has an external diameter of 18.94mm. The width of hoop is 3.86mm and the object weighs 2.73g. It dates from the second half of the 17th century to the first quarter of the 18th century.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Essex
Date between 1650 and 1725
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1725-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 109693
Old ref: ESS-BCF304
Filename: DSCN3459.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/78470
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/78470/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/109693
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