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FINGER RING
Unique ID: PAS-CC40C2
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
Gold posy ring with narrow hoop, the hoop broken and repaired, engraved on the exterior with flower and leaves, and inside with the inscription 'Let Vertue be a guide to ..ee [thee]. There is also a stamped maker's mark which is only partly legible, but may read S (?) above GW. This square form of mark with two rows of maker's initials is normally found from the mid-18th century onwards. There is no evidence to date this ring pre-1705.
Inscription:
Let Vertue be a guide to …..ee [thee]
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2005T69
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1700
Date to: AD 1799
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Quantity: 1
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Other reference: 2005 T69
Treasure case number: 2005T69
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