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Drawings Gold finger ring from Silchester

Object number

LDSAL2020.34.2

Artist/Designer/Maker

Sanders, J - Artist

Production date

Circa 1786

Material

Paper
Pen
Wax
Ink
Wash

Technique

Drawing

Dimensions

Height: 86mm
Width: 106mm
Height (of Mount): 184mm
Width (of Mount): 170mm

Inscriptions

Inscription content

J. Sanders 1786

Inscription content

'Jan. 12, 1786. - Lord Arden exhibited a gold ring of a singular form, which was lately found in ploughing a field at Silchester. The hoop is formed into several squares, in the uppermost of which is a head rudely engraved, with the letters VENUS in Roman capitals round it, and in the several other compartments the above inscription.'

Archaeol. Vol. VIII. p. 449.

References

Reference (free text)

Archaeologia 8 (1807): 449. 'Jan. 12, 1786. Lord Arden exhibited a gold ring...lately found in ploughing a field at Silchester...'
    An impression, in sealing wax, of the head of Venus from the raised bezel is attached to the top of the drawing.