mourning-ring
- Museum number
- AF.1546
- Description
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Mourning-ring; gold; plain hoop with enamelled skull engraved on outside; floral design, once enamelled, covering whole hoop; inscribed.
- Production date
- 1666 - 1691 (presumed active dates [of freedom and last mention]. - date of death unrecorded, so could be maker of 1703 ring.)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 21.30 millimetres
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Height: 3.90 millimetres
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Weight: 5 grammes
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Possibly the mark of Thomas Bartlett, jeweller. Free of the London Goldsmiths' Company 1666 ; last mentioned 1691. Date of death unrecorded.
Maker's mark information from Dr. David Mitchell - November 2011. See the Goldsmiths' Company database ref. ID 4948 for further details.(available from the Goldsmiths' Company).
See also ring no. 1961,1202.443 (Evans gift), for an identical mark.
- Location
- On display (G46/dc14)
- Condition
- Enamel missing.
- Acquisition date
- 1897
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- AF.1546