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FINGER RING

Unique ID: ESS-F10146

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

TREASURE CASE 2012 T178:

Date: Undiagnostic

Description: silver-gilt finger-ring fragment. Decorated on the exterior, with decorative borders. Dimensions: Weight: 0.5g

Length: 17.52mm

Width: 3.45mm

Thickness: 0.95mm

In the absence of any inscription or maker's mark we cannot confirm that this is over 300 years old as such it falls outside the remit of the Treasure Act 1996. Judy Rudoe

The BritishMuseum

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: to bm 22/5/12
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being declared not Treasure

Treasure details

Treasure case tracking number: 2012T178

Chronology

Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 17.52 mm
Width: 3.45 mm
Thickness: 0.95 mm
Weight: 0.5 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st February 2012

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Other reference numbers

Treasure case number: 2012T178

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Gilded

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Tendring (District)
To be known as: Tendring District

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Current location: to bm 22/5/12
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Recording Institution: ESS
Created: 12 years ago
Updated: 10 years ago

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