Context (Related Documents)
Ink inscription on reverse of display board: 'Silver Gilt'
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue

Context (Related Documents)
Paper label adhered to reverse of display mount: 'Brass seal ring (bird and T.B.) Dr. J. Carter 1890.'
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue

Context (Related Documents)
Paper label adhered to front of display board: 'Signet ring Bird and T.B. Dr. J. Carter.'
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue

Context (Display)
Previously mounted on patterned paper-wrapped display board with handwritten label.
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1890.34 [A-G]: 'Seven brass seal rings.'
Event Date 1890
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Amendments / updates)
Accession Register entry for 1890.34 [A-G] reads: 'Found in Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Norfolk.' Record had place only as 'Cambridgeshire', so Place field updated accordingly.
Event Date 11/10/2004
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
See 'Report on Collections Research and Cataloguing Project on Post Medieval 'To Be Disposed Of' Material' by David Kay in the archive (Doc.474) for background information.
Event Date 2019
Author: Heather Donoghue

Description (Physical description)
Signet finger ring made of brass.
Event Date 31/1/2024
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Oval plaster impression of bevel design on signet finger ring (1890.34 D.1). The bevel shows a bird with the initials 'TB'. A band of lightly beaded gold-coloured metal runs around the top edge; the outer edge is wrapped in paper.
Event Date 20/9/2024
Author: Heather Donoghue

Context (Analysis)
This impression was likely made by the museum for display purposes at an unknown date.
Event Date 23/9/2024
Author: Heather Donoghue