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FINGER RING
Unique ID: ESS-4A2281
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A late medieval gold finger-ring, with a high bezel in the form of a cusped quatrefoil, set with a blue stone, probably a turquoise. The hoop which is of D-shaped section widens at the shoulders. The lower half of the hoop is undecorated; the shoulders are decorated with an incised foliate design. For a comparable ring, see TAR 2003, no 194.
The finger-ring probably dates from the late fourteenth to the fifteenth century.
Dimensions: maximum diameter of hoop 20mm, height including bezel 23 mm.
Notes:
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.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Declared Treasure but returned to Finder as Museum unable to acquire
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2012T844
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 23 mm
Weight: 2.75 g
Diameter: 20 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 12th November 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Essex entry form: 7090
Treasure case number: 2012T844
Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Secondary material: Gem
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Chelmsford (District)
To be known as: PLESHEY
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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