TREASURE ANNU AL REPORT 2005/6 - Portable Antiquities Scheme

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18Th – 20Th CENTURIES AND UNDIAGNOSTIC
(I) CuFFLINKs
873. Compton, surrey:
post-medieval silver cufflinks (2006 T459)
Date: Probably late 18th century
Date of discovery: Found by Mr A Smith while metaldetecting
in 1998.
Description: A pair of octagonal silver plaques
engraved with a rosette or Tudor rose on the front;
on the back attachment loop soldered on and a silver
link joining the two together. There is what may be a
maker’s mark, now indistinct, on the link.
Discussion: The octagonal shape is identifiably later
18th century, and the fact that these are cufflinks
suggests the above date. However, we do not yet know
enough about cufflinks to be able to date them with
any further accuracy.
Disposition: Not Treasure, returned to finder.
D THORNTON
874. Normandy, surrey: 18th-century silver
octagonal cufflinks with flower motif (2006 T415)
pAs ID: suR-D72118
Reported by the landowners, Mr and Mrs Sherwood, in
2004; not Treasure, returned to finder.
D THORNTON
875. Warningcamp, West sussex: 18th-century
octagonal silver cufflink with flower motif
(2006 T461) pAs ID: suss-91A2C8
Found by Mr T Jones while metal-detecting in
September 2006; not Treasure, to be returned to finder.
D THORNTON
876. bayham, East sussex: 18th–19th-century silver
cufflink with flower motif (2006 T466)
pAs ID: KENT-1A9004
Found by Mr D Smith while metal-detecting in August
2006; not Treasure, returned to finder.
D THORNTON
(II) FINGER-RINGs
877. milborne port, somerset: 17th- or 18thcentury
gold memorial ring (2005 T269)
Date: Late 17th–early 18th century
Discovery: Found by Mr H Vincent while metaldetecting
in June 2005.
Description: This ring, with its monogram in gold
wire beneath a faceted glass or rock-crystal stone,
foliate ornament of the shoulder in black enamel and
decoration in black and white enamel on the underside
of the bezel, is a characteristic type of the above date.
Examples in the British Museum bear dated inscriptions
from around 1690 to 1730. In the absence of such an
inscription or an identifiable maker’s mark, there is no
evidence to date this ring pre-1705. The stone
is cracked.
Disposition: Not Treasure, returned to finder.
J A RUDOE
878. Totnes, Devon: 18th-century gold posy ring
(2005 T482)
Date: Mid–late 18th century
Discovery: Found by Mr H Tope while metal-detecting
in June 2005.
Description: This delightful love ring is formed of
a thin hoop, decorated on the exterior with motif
repeated twice of a dove and gloved hand holding
a pansy (French pensée or thoughts), with traces of
enamel: white for the hand, green for the foliage and
yellow. The inscription inside in lower case, with much
of the original black enamel, reads: your true frend
without end.
Discussion: Evans (1931) records various versions of
this sentiment, though not in this form, from the late
16th century onwards. However, the combination
of amatory text with the sentimental motifs on the
exterior in coloured enamels suggests the above date.
Disposition: Not Treasure, returned to finder.
J A RUDOE
879. brantingham, East Riding of yorkshire: 18th- or
19th-century gold ‘Garter’ finger-ring (2005 T463)
Date: Late 18th–early 19th century
Discovery: Found by Mr R Doughty while metaldetecting
in October 2005.
Description: A flat band of small circumference forms
an actual garter with buckle and strap. On the exterior
is the motto of the Order of the Garter:
HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PEN[SE], the last two letters
obscured by the buckle, with traces of black enamel in
the background. The buckle is decorated with
floral chasing.
Disposition: Not Treasure, returned to finder.
J A RUDOE
880. Ilam, staffordshire:
18th- or 19th-century gold puzzle ring (2005 T518)
Date: Probably 18th–19th century
Discovery: Found by Mr L Wagstaff while metaldetecting
in October 2005.
Description: A gold ring is formed of three interlinking
hoops, the centre one flat on both sides, the two outer
hoops flat on one side only; the hoops interlink at the
front forming a decorative bezel.
Discussion: Although examples are known, puzzle rings
are not common before 1700; in this case there is no
evidence to date this ring pre-1705.
Note: For further discussion of puzzle rings, see this
volume no. 737.
Disposition: Not Treasure, returned to finder.
J A RUDOE
881. East of Colchester, Essex: 16th–20th-century
plain gold finger-ring or decorative band
(2005 T460) pAs ID: pAs-b5b846
Found by Mr R Miskiewicz while metal-detecting in
October 2005; not Treasure, returned to finder.
C MCDONALD & J A RUDOE
882. Leighton buzzard, bedfordshire: 17th–18thcentury
gold posy ring inscribed ‘God did decree our
unitie’ (2005 T33) pAs ID: bh-6ED076
Found by Mr R Quince while metal-detecting in
February 2005; not Treasure, returned to finder.
J A RUDOE
883. stokenham, Devon: 17th–18th-century gold
memorial ring with wire monogram beneath a glass
or crystal gem (2005 T207) pAs ID: DEV-5b2191
Found by Mr G Fisher while metal-detecting in May
2005; not Treasure, returned to finder.
J A RUDOE
884. Dogmersfield, hampshire: 17th–18th-century
cut-down gold ornamental finger-ring inscribed ‘If
you regard its’ my reward:’ (2005 T216)
pAs ID: hAmp-C47167
Found by Mr J Druett while metal-detecting in April
2005; not Treasure, returned to finder.
J A RUDOE
885. Wellington, herefordshire: 17th–18th-century
gold memorial ring inscribed ‘In remembrance of
mK’ (2005 T567) pAs ID: pAs-b5ED75
Found by Mr J Bray while metal-detecting in November
2005; not Treasure, returned to finder.
J A RUDOE
886. Godshill, Isle of Wight: 17th–18th-century
silver-gilt posy ring inscribed ‘In truth bee just’
(2006 T268) pAs ID: IoW-700993
Found by Mr C Parker while metal-detecting in May
2006; not Treasure, returned to finder.
F BASFORD
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