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FINGER RING
Unique ID: HAMP-A99795
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
An incomplete and squashed post-medieval gold finger-ring, missing its setting. The bezel was originally oval or circular in shape, the sides are now squashed inwards. The outer edges of the bezel are fluted, a line of inverted U-shapes with a U-shaped depression at the centre of each. Traces of black enamel can be seen both inside and around the fluting. Traces of a white substance, presumably a fixant, can be seen inside the bezel. The hoop is triangular in cross-section, being flat to the inside surface. The shoulders are decorated with a scrolling foliate design above a trio of inverted leaves. Traces of black enamel are visible here too.
The finger-ring measures 24.3mm in height and 20.2mm in width. It is max.6.4mm thick at the bezel (which is 9.4mm in length). The back of the hoop measures 2.0x1.3mm, expanding to 2.9x1.4mm at the shoulders. It weighs 2.83g.
The style of bezel together with the black enamel and foliate decoration suggests this may have originally been a mourning ring, cf. LVPL-4375BC. This parallel mentions an example in the British Museum collection (reference AF.1572) which is dated c.1690-1720.
Class: Mourning
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being disclaimed as Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2017T1234
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1690
Date to: Circa AD 1720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.3 mm
Width: 20.2 mm
Thickness: 6.4 mm
Weight: 2.83 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 4th December 2017 - Monday 4th December 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Hampshire Cultural Trust Object Entry Form HMHCT 208
Treasure case number: 2017T1234
Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
To be known as: Soberton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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