mourning-ring
- Museum number
- AF.1553
- Description
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Mourning-ring; gold; hoop with white enamelled skull engraved on outside; floral design, enamelled, covering whole hoop; inscribed; goldsmith's
stamp.
- Production date
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1731 (date of inscription)
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1724-1764 (known active dates of William Coles.)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 0.77 inches
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Weight: 63 grains
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Maker's mark information from Anthony Dove March 2008: .
Possibly by William Coles of London, goldsmith. Free of the London Goldsmiths' Company 1722. Still working in 1764 ; date of death unrecorded. See 1681 (SLRings.67) for further biographical details
See rings no. 1961,1202.218 and 1961,1202.322 (Evans gift) and Dalton 1912 refs.1476 and 1538 - Franks bequest (AF.1547, AF.1609) and 1681, SLRings.67 with the same maker's mark
See also rings in the Museum of London (Evans gift) refs. 62.4/39, and 62.4/154 for similar marks
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1897
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- AF.1553