Rights Holder: Buckinghamshire County Council
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Unique ID: BUC-910AB2
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver gilt finger ring with a smooth but slightly irregular purple coloured stone. This is slightly cloudy and is probably quartz amethyst, set in an oval cup-shaped bezel. The inside of the hoop is plain. The outside of the hoop is decorated with simple "chip carving" forming lozenge shaped fields containing lozenge shaped crosses. The decoration on the band is not symmetrical, there being a flower-shaped decoration below one shoulder and opposite the setting. The ring is complete but the gilding shows signs of wear on the high points. The dimensions of the stone are 6.22 by 5.97mm. The bezel measures 9.34 by 8.35mm. The internal diameter is 19.75mm.
Current location of find: Retained by finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1300
Date to: AD 1500
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.82 g
Diameter: 22.14 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 12th March 1990
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Primary material: Silver
Secondary material: Gem
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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