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FINGER RING
Unique ID: SUR-5946F6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An 18th century gold finger ring, now distorted. The rounded external face is plain and there is no bezel. Internally are the words 'Contents a treasure'. The maker's mark appears to be WW or WV and is not listed in Jackson 1964.
Notes:
The ring was not processed under the Treasure Act as it was not thought to date to 1711 or earlier.
Inscription:
Contents a treasure
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1712
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 3.84 mm
Weight: 2.94 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 12th September 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: B11-477
Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: South Northamptonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Adstone (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP5951
Four figure Latitude: 52.154137
Four figure longitude: -1.139044
1:25K map: SP5951
1:10K map: SP55SE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Jackson's Silver and Gold Marks of England, Scotland and Ireland | Antique Collectors Club |
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