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FINGER RING
Unique ID: DUR-63A523
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Gold mourning ring. It has been squashed slightly out of shape. It has a central raised ridge running round the outside of the ring, in the centre. This is triangular in cross section and there is a small break at one point, possibly where the bezel once was? On either side of this ridge there was originally black enamel but most of this is now missing, only fragments remain.
Inside the ring is an incised inscription reading 'Live well and die well' followed by TS stamped inside a square.
Notes:
The same mark occurs on three posy ring rings in the British Museum (1961,1202.269 and 471, and AF 1268). It is not identifiable in any standard work of reference but occurs also on two mourning rings dated by their inscriptions to 1658 and 1699: AF 1530 and 1534.
The age and precious metal content of this item therefore qualify it as treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being disclaimed as Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2010T375
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 9th May 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2010- T375
Treasure case number: 2010T375
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Richmondshire (District)
To be known as: Dalton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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