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Find Out MoreA good 18ct75% pure gold (or 750 parts pure gold and 250 parts other metals) gold GeorgianJewellery made in the Georgian era (1714-1830). memorialTypically featuring skulls, urns and other symbols of death, these 16th-18th century jewels were inscribed with the names and dates of the deceased. ring. It was for a member of the Bateman family who lived at Hartington Hall, Derbyshire. It had been the family seat since the 16th century. The most famous Bateman was Thomas Bateman, an archaeologist, who was a relation of Captain Hugh Bateman . He excavated 38 barrows in Derbyshire and Staffordshire, earning himself the nickname “The Barrow Knight”. This ring has the inscription “Capt Hugh Bateman . Ob (died) 19. Aug . 1758 aet (aged) 38” It is interesting to note that he was unmarried, hence the use of the white enamelA pigmented glass-like material used in powdered form and fused onto the metal surface of a piece of jewellery..
Unmarked, tested to 18ct gold
Maker's mark LB
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