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FINGER RING
Unique ID: NARC-52F7B7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Enamelled memorial finger ring with internal inscription:
IN NOSTRI MEMORIA
followed by unusual symbol.
This very small gold ring is enamelled on the exterior with a wreath in alternate bands of pale blue and white; the inside inscribed: 'In nostri memoria', with either a date-letter or a maker's mark, the letter F in a shaped shield.
This is a type of ring that could be 17th or early 18th century, but as it has not proved possible to identify the mark, we do not have enough evidence to confirm a pre-1708 date.
The ring can not be securely dated to pre-1708 and as such falls outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being declared not Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2008 T174
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Post AD 1650
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 27th February 2008
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2008 T174
Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: South Northamptonshire (District)
To be known as: Stoke Bruerne
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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