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FINGER RING
Unique ID: BH-74D196
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Two silver-gilt fragments (not adjoining), representing parts of the shoulder and bezel of a finger ring. Both pieces are straight-sided, tapering in width from one end to the other. The main decorative feature of the larger fragment is a raised shoulder panel in which a beaded ridge extends longitudinally down the centre, flanked by a pair of parallel channels which extend to the outer edge. At the wider end of this fragment, adjacent to the pointed upper side of the shoulder panel, there is a second beaded ridge, aligned transversely and bordered by a pair of grooves. This second ridge marks the start of the bezel, the flat surface of which bears an incised design of uncertain nature.
Surviving length: 14.6mm; maximum width: 7.1mm; thickness: 1.7mm. Weight: 1.11g
This piece is typical of a form of Late Medieval finger ring often referred to as the 'Iconographic type', as the bezels often bear religious imagery. Similar recorded examples include a fragment found at Beech Hill, West Berkshire (Treasure case 2011 T450) and a complete ring from Winterborne Kingston, Dorset (2011 T380).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Declared Treasure but returned to Finder as Museum unable to acquire
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2013T366
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14.6 mm
Width: 7.1 mm
Thickness: 1.7 mm
Weight: 1.11 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st February 2013
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2013T366
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Basingstoke and Deane (District)
To be known as: St. Mary Bourne
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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