Rights Holder: Suffolk County Council Archaeology Service
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Unique ID: SF-DB13A6
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: 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 action after recording: Returned to finder after being declared not Treasure
Treasure case tracking number: 2003T226
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
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.58 g
Diameter: 18.7 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 28th August 2003
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Treasure case number: 2003T226
Primary material: Gold
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Evans, J. | 1931 | English Posies and Posy Rings | London | Oxford University Press |