Context (Display)
1923.270.2 A-B were previously mounted on patterned paper-wrapped display board with handwritten label: 'Bronze signet ring / J.B. [sic] / XVI cent. / Ransome [sic] Collection'
On reverse in pencil: 'Ransom Coll.'
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Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1923.270[.1-9]: '9 objects of 17th-19th century '
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Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1923.270[.1-9]: 'One pipe stopper (bronze); One ring seal (bronze); One ring - skull and cross bones on the bezel (iron); Two fob seals (bronze) busts in intaglio; One half guinea weight, bronze, William III; One seal (bronze) merchant mark, a crowned I; One Seal (bronze), merchant mark, anchor and heart; One coat button (bronze).'
Event Date 1923
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy signet finger ring with tobacco stopper. Oval bezel with inscribed monogram IB with a branch in the middle; plain or ropework border around the central design; hoop with D-shaped cross-section widens at the shoulders to join the bezel; opposite the bezel is a tobacco stopper with hexagonal, flaring cross-section ending in a round flat terminal. Traces of white plaster in inscription.
Event Date 13/2/2024
Author: Katrina Dring