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FINGER RING
Unique ID: HESH-7FE358
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Report for H.M. Coroner 2005 T567:
Wellington, Herefordshire: gold mourning ring
This tiny gold ring is engraved on the exterior with a skull flanked by cross-hatching all round the hoop. The engraving was originally enamelled black and traces remain. The inside is engraved in lower case script: In remembrance of MK, with a central dot after the M and the K, and a maker's mark RM (?) in a shield. The maker's mark is not recorded in the standard works such as Grimwade and Jackson. This is a long-lasting type of memorial ring that continued well into the first half of the 18th century, and in the absence of a dated inscription or identifiable maker's mark, there is no evidence to confirm that this ring is more than 300 years old. As such this ring does not qualify as treasure under the 1996 Act
Author:
J. Rudoe British Museum
4 April 2006
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being declared not Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2005T567
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2005T567
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Wellington
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grimwade, A.G. | 1976 | London Goldsmiths 1697-1837. Their Marks & Lives | London | ||||
| Jackson, C.J. | 1905 | English Goldsmiths And Their Marks: A history of the Goldsmiths and Plate Workers of England , Scotland and Ireland. | London | B.T Batsford |
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1 comment
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Teresa Gilmore wrote @ 13:56:57 on the 18th November 2010.
This appears to be the same record as PAS-B5ED75
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