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Georgian gold mourning ring, inscribed inside

Image attached to PER.M.214-1923

An image of Ring. Unknown Maker (English). Hoop formed of six scrolls each bearing a symbol: a skull, crossbones, a spade and mattock, an hour-glass, a coffin, and a crown of stars. Inscribed inside hoop: Arnold Rosenhagen ob Dec: 1743 æt 45. Gold, height  4.0 mm, depth 2.0 mm, length 20.5 mm, 1743.

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Ring. Unknown Maker (English). Hoop formed of six scrolls each bearing a symbol: a skull, crossbones, a spade and mattock, an hour-glass, a coffin, and a crown of stars. Inscribed inside hoop: Arnold Rosenhagen ob Dec: 1743 æt 45. Gold, height 4.0 mm, depth 2.0 mm, length 20.5 mm, 1743.

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  • Accession Number: PER.M.214-1923
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/32.0
  • Focal length: 100
  • Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 734 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 88.92kB
  • Exposure time: 1/100
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 32/1
  • Captured: 2009:02:27 22:58:46

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18th Century commemoration commemorative English finger ring Fitz_AA Georgian gold inscribed inscriptions jewellery jewelry mourning ring ring

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