mourning-ring
- Museum number
- AF.1529
- Description
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Mourning-ring; gold; hoop of triangular section, enamelled; inscribed. No maker's mark.
- Production date
- 17thC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 20.36 millimetres
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Height: 3.16 millimetres
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Weight: 3 grammes
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Gold finger-rings with two rims and pronounced central ridges creating an almost triangular section, sometimes keyed for enamelling (for example BM AF.1529 with keying, BM AF.1556 with surviving black enamel, dated 1696-1731 by maker’s mark, probably before 1720 due to use of Britannia stamp), can be placed in the mid and second half of the 17th century by a number of comparanda, several thought to have been made by London-maker Thomas Sharp (freedom 1654-d.1686, DUR-63A523: 2010T375, 1961,1202.471) and ESS-017515 which is inscribed with the date August 29 1657. It has been suggest that WILT-AB6A04 (black enamel and skull) bears a year mark placing it in 1673-4
There are many examples on the PAS database, including those above (references below correct as of Jan 2024). For white enamel see ESS-2F17B9.
, (2003) SF-DB13A6: A POST MEDIEVAL FINGER RING Web page available at: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/51929
McLean, L (2010) ESS-017515: A POST MEDIEVAL FINGER RING Web page available at: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/411716
McIntosh, F (2010) DUR-63A523: A POST MEDIEVAL FINGER RING Web page available at: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/393630
Hawke, S (2021) WILT-AB6A04: A POST MEDIEVAL FINGER RING Web page available at: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1026752
Caswell, E (2021) OXON-31F94D: A POST MEDIEVAL FINGER RING Web page available at: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1029630
Webley, R (2022) DEV-0FD991: A POST MEDIEVAL FINGER RING Web page available at: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1075660
- Location
- On display (G46/dc14)
- Condition
- Enamel missing.
- Acquisition date
- 1897
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- AF.1529