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FINGER RING
Unique ID: WILT-4CDFB8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A bent gold post-medieval posy-ring, probably dating to the period AD 1729-1747. It measures 24.26mm in length and 13.14mm in width. It is 3.64mm thick and weighs 2.92g.
The outside of the ring is not decorated and features some minor dents. On the inside of the ring can be found an inscription, which reads: Love and live Happy.
The maker's mark reads GS in a rectangular incision. It is probably the maker's mark of the London goldsmith Giles Southam. Cf. British Museum: Posy ring with the Registration number AF.1297.
Inscription:
Love and live Happy
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 1729
Date to: Circa AD 1747
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.26 mm
Width: 13.14 mm
Thickness: 3.64 mm
Weight: 2.92 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 5254
Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: St. Paul Malmesbury Without (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST9282
Four figure Latitude: 51.53684439
Four figure longitude: -2.11673567
1:25K map: ST9282
1:10K map: ST98SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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