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<created>
<createdon>2009-03-31 15:47:32</createdon>
<createdby>
<appellation>
<name>Kate Sumnall</name>
<identifier namespace="PAS">ksumnall</identifier></appellation>
</createdby>
</created>
<lastupdated>
<lastupdatedon>2011-02-24 13:47:20</lastupdatedon>
<lastupdatedby>
<appellation><name>Daniel Pett</name>
<identifier namespace="PAS">dpett</identifier>
</appellation>
</lastupdatedby>
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<identifier namespace="PAS">LON-22CA27</identifier>
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Finger ring</objecttype>
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<full>
A Medieval – Post Medieval copper alloy signet ring (late 15th – early 16th century).   The finger&#45;ring has a faceted band and integral bezel.  The bezel is rectangular with faceted corners.  The central motif is a capital S with a crown or coronet above.  

The finger ring is similar in style and shape to signet rings in the British Museum’s collections and they are dated to the early 16th century (Dalton 1912 pl VI).

Dimensions: Diameter: 27.84mm; length of bezel: 13.24mm; width of bezel: 11.92mm; thickness: 3.50mm; weight: 12.23g.

Identification by Hazel Forsyth, Senior Post Medieval Curator, Museum of London.

Reference: Dalton, O. M. 1912.  Catalogue of the Finger Rings in the British Museum.  Oxford University Press, Oxford.
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A Medieval – Post Medieval copper alloy signet ring (late 15th – early 16th century).   The finger&#45;ring has a faceted band and integral bezel.  The bezel is rectangular with faceted corners.  The central motif is a capital S with a crown or coronet above.  

The finger ring is similar in ...</summary>
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<material>Copper alloy</material>
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<technique>Cast</technique>
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<span>
<display>
<appellation type="broadperiod">MEDIEVAL</appellation>
<appellation type="periodFrom">MEDIEVAL</appellation>
<appellation type="subperiodFrom">Late</appellation>
<appellation type="periodTo">POST MEDIEVAL</appellation>
<appellation type="subperiodTo">Early</appellation>
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<start><appellation type="date" qualifier="circa">1450</appellation></start>
<end><appellation type="date" qualifier="circa">1550</appellation></end>
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<measurement units="mm" type="width">11.92</measurement>
<measurement units="mm" type="diameter">27.84</measurement>
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<measurement units="mm" type="length">13.24</measurement>
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<decoration type="surface treatement"></decoration>
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Complete</completeness>
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<start>
<appellation type="datetime">
2009-03-31 15:47:32</appellation>
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<location type="county" namespace="EH_CDP98">GREATER LONDON</location>
<location type="district">SOUTHWARK</location>
<location type="parish">SOUTHWARK</location>
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POINT( )
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TQ38SW 
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<representation namespace="O.S.1:25000">
TQ5318 
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<temporal>
<span>
<start>
<appellation type="date" qualifier="exactly">
29.06.2003
</appellation>
</start>
</span>
</temporal>
<method>Metal detector</method>
<circumstance>Found whilst searching the Thames foreshore.</circumstance>
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<quantity>1</quantity>
<rights>
<copyright>
<holder>LON</holder> 
<statement>Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike - The Portable Antiquities Scheme</statement>
<year>2009</year>
</copyright>
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<grantedto></grantedto>
<conditions></conditions>
<statement></statement>
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<statement>These records can be reproduced in a non commercial enviroment as long as the original recorder is cited.</statement>
<contact>The Portable Antiquities Scheme info@finds.org.uk</contact>
<fees>No fees are applicable.</fees>
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