File:DUR-0883E3 posy ring (FindID 615898).jpg

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DUR-0883E3 posy ring
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Durham County Council, Lauren Proctor, 2014-05-13 12:16:09
Title
DUR-0883E3 posy ring
Description
English: A complete gold finger ring of 16th-17th century date.

The ring is composed of a strip of D-sectioned gold, bent and seal with a butt joint. The outer surface of the ring has a raised repeating crossed hatch design which creates repeating lines of two diamond cells and two separate half or triangular cells in each row. This would have originally held enamel, which is now missing. The inner surface is smooth and flat with an incised inscription in Roman lettering. There is no visible makers mark.

The object's form has been distorted by post-depositional processes.

Inscription: + A + MERY + HART + IS + LYFE

Date: AD 1550-1650

Dimensions: Length 23.12mm; Width 12.95mm; Thickness 1.10mm; Weight 1.7g.

Discussion: Similar examples with geometric relief decoration can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Database: WMID-A11376 (2012 T160) and KENT-B71606 (2012 T367), and in the British Museum's collection: AF.1337. This inscription does not occur on any of the BM rings, but is recorded by Joan Evans, in 'English Posies and Posy Rings', Oxford 1931, p. 19, as listed in the Harleian MSS of 1596, so it was certainly in use by that date.
Depicted place (County of findspot) County Durham
Date between 1550 and 1650
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 615898
Old ref: DUR-0883E3
Filename: DUR-0883E3.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/467968
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/467968/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/615898
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