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FINGER RING
Unique ID: WILT-469F46
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
A Late Medieval/ Early Post-Medieval (15th or Early 16th century) silver-gilt finger-ring of iconographic type, measuring 23.72x24.04mm (internal 18.29x18.66mm) and weighing 7.26g. It has a crack in the hoop across one shoulder.
The bezel is triangular in section (c.4mm thick). The ring follows a form usually employed, though not exclusively, on iconographic finger rings.Here, however, the bezel of the ring does not carry engraved images of saints but, instead, is decorated with two facets either side of a high ridge. Decoration within these facets is grooved, and depicts a pair of opposed irregular triangles (one inside the other) separated by a diagonal band, and further embellished around the larger triangle and band with tiny grooves.
The shoulders, separated from the bezel by a wide groove, are also triangular in section and decorated with the same grooved triangles and band. Below is a moulded step before it extends into the hoop, still triangular in section but flatter. The hoop measures 4.72x1.56mm at the back.
Rings of this form usually are iconographic and commonly feature religious imagery, though examples are also found with simple geometric (as with this example) or floral decoration (eg. Treasure Annual Report 2000, nos 111-112). Also cf. SUSS-21B403 on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database.
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Katie Hinds
James Robinson
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Declared Treasure but returned to Finder as Museum unable to acquire
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2010T23
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1400
Date to: AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.72 mm
Width: 24.04 mm
Weight: 7.26 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Potential TREASURE - 2010 T23
Treasure case number: 2010T23
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Woodford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU1137
Four figure Latitude: 51.1321719
Four figure longitude: -1.8441733
1:25K map: SU1137
1:10K map: SU13NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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