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FINGER RING
Unique ID: NLM-2E6AE5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy and glass finger ring Cast D section band, widest at the bezel and diminishing towards the opposite side of the band which is now parted at that point, with three sunken settings: a central square flanked by rhomboids. The central setting retains a facetted stone of white [colourless] glass with its surface just proud of the hoop; the other settings are now empty. The sunken form is sometimes referred to as 'Gypsy Set'. A dark tint may arise from treatment of the object with oil by the finder. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900.
Internal Diameter: 18.5mm, Band Width: 6.4mm, Band Thickness (clear of stone): 2.3mm, Weight: 3.15gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1850
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 6.4 mm
Thickness: 2.3 mm
Weight: 3.15 g
Diameter: 18.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 8th August 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM33397
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Glass
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: near Gainsborough
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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