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Post-Medieval ring
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The British Museum, Emma Traherne, 2013-03-14 10:50:29
Title
Post-Medieval ring
Description
English: Post-Medieval gold momento mori ring; the bezel in the form of an incurved hexagon containing in the centre a white enamel skull; enamel perfect. Surrounded by the inscription DIE TO LIVE and foliate motifs in the corner of the hexagon, enamelled black, at the top of the hexagon is a double cross. Band of the ring is a thin hoop with scrolled shoulders. traces of white enamel remain on the shoulders and blue and green enamel on the scrolls. The hoop slightly squashed but this is a fine example of this type of ring.

Dimensions: Weight: 3.1g Band width: 2.04mm Band thickness: 1.53mm Max diameter: 21.23mm Bezel width: 12.65
Depicted place (County of findspot) Warwickshire
Date between 1500 and 1650
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 468822
Old ref: WMID-9318D6
Filename: 2011T710DET.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/419900
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/419900/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/468822
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Object location52° 31′ 57.72″ N, 1° 34′ 43.5″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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