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FINGER RING
Unique ID: LVPL-B6109B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy finger ring probably dating to the Post-Medieval period. The object is in three separate pieces due to recent breaks and is incomplete. When complete the ring would have been oval in plan. It is D-shaped in cross-section. The band is narrow at the base measuring 1.88mm in width at the break of the larger fragment. The band then expands in width towards the rounded shoulders which measure 8.56mm in width. The bezel, which is empty, is oval in plan and would probably have held a stone.
Each shoulder is decorated with a central lozenge, divided by incised lines into four smaller lozenges. Surrounding this is a lozenge shaped band in-filled with horizontal incised grooves. The remains of guiding can be seen on each shoulder of the object. The object has a light green patina and is corroded in places.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
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
Thickness: 3.42 mm
Weight: 4.5 g
Diameter: 20.81 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st May 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Geometric
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Adlington
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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