FINGER RING

Unique ID: ESS-092954

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Damaged base silver finger ring with a rectangular cut red glass setting. The hoop is now distorted. It has cast decoration of four rope-work lines terminating in three spirals with central knops at the shoulders. There are two lozenges on the lower half of the loop. The bezel is rectangular, with the metal crudely folded over the glass setting.

Modern - 19^th Century

Hoop: Diameter: 23.68mm, width: 6.87mm, thickness: 1.60mm

Bezel: 15.89mm by 14.11mm. 6.87mm thick.

Weight: 6.60 grams.

The object is less than 300 years old, and as such it does not qualify as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act (1996).

Laura McLean

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned landowner after being declared not Treasure

Treasure details

Treasure case tracking number: 2010T569

Chronology

Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 1800

Dimensions and weight

Weight: 6.6 g
Diameter: 23.68 mm
Quantity: 1

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 6th September 2010

Personal details

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Recorded by: Laura McLean - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Laura McLean - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Treasure case number: 2010T569

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Secondary material: Glass [scope notes| view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

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Spatial metadata

Region: East
County: Essex
District: Tendring
To be known as: Tendring District

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined[scope notes]

References cited

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