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FINGER RING
Unique ID: SUR-495C47
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
A gold posy ring, now slightly distorted. Externally the band is plain.Inscribed on the interior band: A frenes' gift
The inscription is followed by a maker's mark: WG in an oval. This mark has not been identified, the maker is unidentifiable from those listed by Grimwade and Jackson and there are no examples of this mark in the British Museum collections.
There are examples of this inscription, or variants of, in the British Museum collections, see for example AF.1190 with the inscription A true Friends gift, with the makers mark of black letter WG in a rectangular mark (different to the WG mark on 2012 T845), dated to 17th - 18th century.
In the absence of a datable maker's mark this ring cannot be securely dated to pre 1712 and as such falls outside the remit of the Treasure Act 1996.
Judy Rudoe
Inscription:
A frenes' gift
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being declared not Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2012T845
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1650
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2012T845
Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Wealden (District)
Parish or ward: East Hoathly with Halland (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ5216
Four figure Latitude: 50.92344
Four figure longitude: 0.161293
1:25K map: TQ5216
1:10K map: TQ51NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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