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SF-DB13A6: Finger ring

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FINGER RING

Unique ID: SF-DB13A6

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

Thin hoop cut away to leave a central ridge, the exterior covered in pale blue enamel, much of which is lost. The interior inscribed in lower case: 'Let reason rule affection', with stamped maker's mark GW in a rectangular shield.

Notes:

Several versions of this inscription are recorded in Joan Evans, English Posies and Posy Rings, Oxford 1931, p. 67. The mark is not easy to identify with certainty but the shape and style suggests a date in the 18th century, as does the use of pale blue enamel on the exterior.

Judy Rudoe

Curator of Renaissance & Later Collections

Department of Prehistory & Europe

The British Museum

Inscription: Let reason rule affection

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being declared not Treasure

Treasure details

Treasure case tracking number: 2003T226

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1800

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.58 g
Diameter: 18.7 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 28th August 2003

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Other reference numbers

Treasure case number: 2003T226

Materials and construction

Primary material: Gold
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Babergh (District)
To be known as: bentley

Spatial coordinates


Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: While searching with a metal-detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

Author Publication Year Title Publication Place Publisher Pages Reference
Evans, J. 1931 English Posies and Posy Rings London Oxford University Press

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SF
Created: 20 years ago
Updated: About one year ago

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