posy ring
- Museum number
- 1961,1202.327
- Description
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Gold posy ring with inscription, initials and maker's mark.
- Production date
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1651 - 1671 (presumed active dates [of freedom and last mention] - Cooke)
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1665 - 1687 (presumed active dates [of freedom and death] - Cowland)
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1693 - 1714 (presumed active dates [of freedom and last mention] - Chadwell)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 2.15 centimetres
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Width: 0.35 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See ring no. 1961,1202.231 with identical mark.
Also rings in the Museum of London (Evans gift) refs. 62.4/33, and 62.4/137 for identical marks.
Possibly the mark of William Cooke, jeweller, free of the London Goldsmiths' Company 1651, last mentioned 1671, death unrecorded.
Possibly also William Cowland, jeweller, free of the London Goldsmiths' Company 1665, died 1687.
Possibly also Willian Chadwell, jeweller, free of the London Goldsmiths' Company 1693, last mention 1714, death unrecorded.
Maker's mark information from Dr. David Mitchell - November 2011. See the Goldsmiths' Company database ref. ID 2565 (Cooke), ID 4953 (Cowland), ID 2609 (Chadwell) for further details.(available from the Goldsmiths' Company).
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Fair
- Acquisition date
- 1961
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1961,1202.327