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FINGER RING
Unique ID: NMGW-7ACC04
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post medieval to modern tin alloy (pewter) decorative ring of uncertain function
The ring is sub-circular and is complete and comparatively heavy (with a diameter of 27.0mm - 28.7mm, an internal diameter of 20.7mm - 22.3mm and a weight of 16.0g). The ring is of rectangular section (with a width of 10.3mm and a thickness of 1.8mm - 2.5mm) and is angular. One side is decorated with three raised pyramidical bosses (3mm high). There is a border between each of the bosses and also between the edges of the ring. The ring has no applied decoration.
Metallurgical analysis was conducted using X-ray fluorescence, demonstrating that the metal is a tin- lead alloy, very probably pewter. The surface has a grey patina and has recently been filed on the edges to reveal the silver-coloured alloy.
There are few diagnostic attributes on the ring making any confident identification difficult. The ring is very unlikely to be a finger-ring and is more consistent with a decorative fitting, probably from a composite object, perhaps as part of a candlestick, or similar. The pewter alloy would seem to suggest a tableware component, probably of 18th to earlier 20th century date.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1925
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 10.3 mm
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Weight: 16 g
Diameter: 28.7 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMWPA 2013.54
Materials and construction
Primary material: Tin or tin alloy
Decoration style: Other
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
District: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SS8776
Four figure Latitude: 51.47164478
Four figure longitude: -3.62832605
1:25K map: SS8776
1:10K map: SS87NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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