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Unique ID: ESS-017515
Object type certainty: Certain
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Treasure Case 2010 T644: Post Medieval Ring
Date: 1657
Description: Post-Medieval gold mourning ring, with pronounced central ridge on the exterior, once enamelled black. Inscribed inside in lower case ': You must follow G : M Aug: 29 - 57' (probably standing for August 29, 1657), with maker's mark B in an oval.
Discussion: The mark is similar to a mark on a finger-ring in the British Museum collections: 1961,1202.143, but this mark has not been identified.
Dimensions: Weight: 2.0g Diameter: 21.3mm Band Width: 3mm Thickness: 1.5mm
Consequently, in terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Judy Rudoe Curator of Renaissance & Later Collections Department of Prehistory & Europe The British Museum
Class:
Mourning
Inscription:
You must follow G : M Aug: 29 – 57
Current location of find: Epping Forest Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure
Treasure case tracking number: 2010T644
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1657
Quantity: 1
Width: 3 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 2 g
Diameter: 21.3 mm
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Treasure case number: 2010T644
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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