posy ring

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Object Type: posy ring
Museum number: AF.1342
Description: Gold posy ring with inscription to the inner face and maker's mark. Ornamented on outside of the hoop with 16 stars in relief.
Cultures/periods: Post-Medieval
Production date: 17thC-18thC
Production place: Made in: England
Materials: gold
Dimensions: Diameter: 17.97 millimetres; Height: 2.83 millimetres; Weight: 1 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Dalton 1912 / Franks Bequest Catalogue of the Finger Rings, Early Christian, Byzantine, Teutonic, Mediaeval and Later, Bequeathed by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks, KCB, in which are included the other rings of the same period in the Museum. (1261); Evans 1931 / English Posies and Posy Rings (p. 76)
Location: Not on display
Condition: distorted
Acquisition name: Bequeathed by: Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks
Acquisition date: 1897
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: AF.1342
Conservation: Treatment

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