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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLEM:2006.39 Institution name Colchester Collections Object name ring, finger ring, mourning ring Description The inscription on this gold ring commemorates I.K. who died on the 4th January '67. Based on the style of the ring it was probably made in 1667. It is decorated with a skull as a constant reminder of death, known as memento mori. The skull may once have been enamelled black and there are traces of white enamel in the lozenge pattern decorating the exterior of the hoop. A makers mark - BW - is inscribed in a rectangular shield. Production date 1667 Production period Post-Medieval Material gold Dimensions diameter: 19.84 mm weight: 3.12 g Location In Store Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLEM:2006.39
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

ring, finger ring, mourning ring
Description

The inscription on this gold ring commemorates I.K. who died on the 4th January '67. Based on the style of the ring it was probably made in 1667. It is decorated with a skull as a constant reminder of death, known as memento mori. The skull may once have been enamelled black and there are traces of white enamel in the lozenge pattern decorating the exterior of the hoop. A makers mark - BW - is inscribed in a rectangular shield.
Production date

1667
Production period

Post-Medieval
Material

gold
Dimensions
Location

In Store

Details