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  • Modern silver metal snake ring
    Germanic type equal arm brooch introduced into Anglo Saxon settlers from North East Germany in the 5thC AD,
    Solid silver ring, looks fairly modern 1893 Birmingham silver ring date letter t Reported to museum as potential treasure - silver twisted wire ring 58g, 14mm dia - probably 19thC but worth checking as the Romans like their twisted wire jewelry 20thC silver cross with glass stone

    1895 Silver initialled ring - 'MIZPAH' - Birmingham hall mark date letter V 2.09g, 16.52mm dia 20thC Silver ring - 'Silver made in England

    19thC silver signet ring - Birmingham hall mark - worn date letter

    4.60g

    Maker NBs

    Victorian silver ring - part makers mark showing

    Twisted silver wire ring - reported as potential treasure to museum as Romans loved these type of rings

    1894 Birmingham silver ring - anchor mark , pure silver , maker H.B

    Herbert Bushell 1897..1908 Northampton Street, Birmingham

     

    What a find - etched onto an amber coloured stone and set in silver

    . Two faces on the same intaglio

    This is extremely difficult to date as it looks like a 18thC silver mount with a Roman period intaglio. The skill required to make this must have be unbelievable. Reported to museum as possible treasure.

     

     

    Gold, silver and glass brooch, 14.26mm, 0.64g

    Solid silver name brooch, hall marked 1905 'Ellen' Victorian silver brooch with horse shoe and flower pattern Victorian 'Eva silver' name tag - Full set of hallmarks, Bristol 97% silver, date letter U
    1804 Silver Vatica Costl pendant Solid silver butterfly 19thC silver locket

    Chester mint 1835 silver brooch - Maker CH

    Heart attack find from a Roman site, handmade bracelet with stone but there is 925 Sterling silver mark on it LOL still a great find though !

    Whiskey decanter badge - Birmingham hallmark solid silver 1927, Maker H&H Victorian silver brooch

    1888 Birmingham hallmarked sold silver, maker BM, name tag Violet, neat artefact

    Neat find, Chester hallmark 1890 silver brooch - 2.12g

    Interesting silver brooch with coloured stones - Victorian ?

    1897 Birmingham - Silver initialed brooch - 'MIZPAH'

    Marker Sydenham Bros
    Tenby Street
    Birmingham

    Mizpah (emotional bond), an emotional bond between people who are separated

    Medieval silver cross - similar construction to 13thC Knights templer badges 1.06g, 22.82mm 1740 AD Solid silver Tudor rose cuff links
    18thC solid silver clasp 18th/19th C silver cuff links 18thC fragment of a silver bracelet
    18th/19th C silver cuff links 17thC Charles 1st silver cufflinks
     
    18thC silver decorated clasp with markers mark AF - 19thC silver cufflink  
    Victorian silver pendant Birmingham 1898 hallmark 18thC silver cufflinks

    18th/19th C silver cuff links

    1871 Silver ring - Maker RF Exeter hall mark

    RF into a rectangle
    Richard Ferris

     

    Silver ring - hallmarked Birmingham 1881 Heart attack find - Celtic style silver ring hall marked 925 silver

    1908 Birmingham hallmark silver ring - maker P&T

    1901 Birmingham hallmarked silver ring

    Sterling silver finger ring Victorian silver ring

    16thC Tudor period silver ring with red stone - 24.02mm L x 14.31mm W

    20thC 9 carat gold on silver lined ring

    1894 Birmingham silver ring - anchor mark , pure silver , maker H.B

    Herbert Bushell 1897..1908 Northampton Street, Birmingham

    Interesting silver ring - Edward III type cross with 17thC lettering style - reported as treasure to museum

    Legend + FEARE GOD \\\\

    Interesting silver ring with what looks like a rock crystal - 3.66g, 31mm long

    Inscribed 'JH 1521

    The ring is inscribed from Henry VIII period - reported as treasure to museum.

    20th C silver ring marked 0.925 Georgian silver cufflink
    Silver ring with white stones

     

    Interesting silver signet ring with inscription

    Victorian silver finger ring

    JLL Wooton - silver

    Engraved silver finger ring - no hall marks

    18thC silver posy ring

    'LET VERT'

    20thC silver ring Silver twisted wire ring - possibly Roman

    Very interesting chunky hand made silver ring - I'm not certain but this could be a large diamond

    Silver ring with stone -full hallmarks

    2006 - .925 silver - London mint date letter g

    Maker - MA

    7.6g,22.08mm

    Plain silver ring - no hallmarks 16thC Tudor gold on silver ring - reported as treasure to museum

     

    Medieval silver annular brooch

     

    Medieval silver ring

     

    Victorian silver ring
    Victorian 1844 Silver initialed and dated ring - CB 1.4.44 - Continental hall marks
    Medieval silver ring

    19thC silver ring Victorian silver clan ring - Marker JC
    Early silver ring with rough cut diamonds
    Victorian silver dolphin ring Victorian 'Forget me not'

    Silver ring - no hall marks 20thC silver ring with clear stones

    Victorian silver ring Silver ring Undiagnostic silver finger ring
    Plain silver ring wiith diamonds Victorian silver clasp Medieval silver annular brooch
    20thC silver jewelry item

     

    circa 8th/9thC Saxon decorated solid silver hooked fastener used on their leg bindings

     

    Discussion: Hooked tags are all-purpose fasteners, used to secure small bags or purses and also clothing. They occur in various forms from the late 8th century onwards,

    16thC Tudor gilded silver clothing fastener Medieval silver annular brooch Medieval silver annular brooch

    16thC Tudor gilded silver clothing fastener Medeival silver knopped band
    16thC gilded silver religious ring
    + FERE GOD + (means fear god)
    4.6g, 21.05mm dia

    Victorian silver ear ring Medieval silver 'clasped hands' ring

    Possible medieval gilded silver heart - Lombardic script IHS - reported as treasure to museum

    22mm L, 3.19g

    16thC Tudor gilded silver ring-
    16thC Tudor gilded silver fastener Medieval silver annular brooch
    Medieval gilded silver ring 16thC Tudor gilded silver clothing fastener
    16thC Tudor gilded silver fastener 16thC Tudor gilded silver clothing fastener

    1623 silver hawking ring

    11mm,1.28g

    Thomas Playters.Eq

    The Playters Baronetcy, of Sotterley in the County of Suffolk, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 13 August 1623 for Thomas Playters and was one of the last baronetcies created by King James I.[1] The second Baronet was Vice-Admiral of Suffolk between 1640 and 1649.[2] The fifth Baronet served as High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1728. The title became extinct on the death of the eighth Baronet in 1832

    17thC Tiny silver ring

    10mm dia ,0.72g

    Inscribed *Layer de la Hayer. in Essex

     

    Medieval silver ring - Greek Cross like on Elizabeth 1st hammered silver coins

    'ICET'

    16thC Tudor gilded silver clothing fastener 1625 Charles 1st silver pendant

    17thC Charles II cuff links 16thC Tudor gilded silver clothing fastener

    Victorian silver chain 16thC Tudor gilded silver clothing fastener
    16thC Tudor gilded silver pin 16thC Tudor gilded silver pin

    Gilded silver mount 17thC gilded silver ring

    16thC Tudor gilded silver clothing fastener 16thC Tudor gilded silver pin
    16thC Tudor gilded silver pendant 16thC Tudor gilded silver pin
    Edwardian silver brooch Not sure of the date of this silver brooch with gold eyes but it's construction could be 16thC Tudor - reported to museum as potential treasure
     
    18th/19th C silver cuff links   Stunning 12thC medieval silver annular brooch - reported to museum as treasure

    1881 silver finger ring - full hall marks - Maker S&C

    1913 Silver cat pendant - Date letter O for Birmingham mint

    Maker BW

    Interesting Tudor period silver item - possible pin head or mount - reported to as treasure to museum

    1910 Silver ring - Chester halll mark, date letter K

    Maker C.H

    Charles Horner

    Charles Horner Ltd (from 1910)

    5thC Roman silver coin used by the Saxons to resemble a sceat and used as a pendant

    Sent to Mark Lehman for his ID

    I told you I’d get back to you on this one – so far as I can determine from the very few legible letters, this is a siliqua of Gratian, 367-383 AD, the obverse legend should be [D N] GRATIA[NVS P F AVG]. The reverse type is VRBS ROMA with Roma enthroned left holding Victory. The mint mark is fairly unclear, but I think it may be AQP[S] for the mint at Aquilea.
    Having two holes would tend to indicate that this piece needed to be “fixed” in its position, but the orientation of neither the obverse nor reverse seems to have been of importance. The holes are pretty large and silver coins were used a lot less often for this, but coins so holed could be sewn to a leather jerkin for a bit of DIY “scale” armor. Or perhaps it was part of a bit of jewelry of some sort which needed to attach at two points as part of a necklace or bracelet.

    Tudor silver pin head

    Medieval gilded silver

    13thC Lombardic script

    *Ihn + LLM

    2.3mm thick x 7.2mm W

    Medieval silver finger ring with lombardic lettering - Edward III type initial mark Medieval silver engraved band
     

    Tiny late medieval gilded silver ring top - Madonna bust ??

    9.86mm dia , 1.24g

       

    Medieval silver annular brooch Post medieval silver ring 'GOD' reported as treasure to museum

    Medieval silver and ruby ring

    Medieval silver ring

    Stunning large gilded silver medieval decorated silver finger ring

    7.26g, 23.59mm

    Stunning 1704 Queen Anne commemorative silver cufflinks

    Victorian silver nount Interesting tiny Georgian silver decorated pin head

    1869 Maximiliano Mexican silver ring - gold coin in ring

    2.57g, 17mm

    Interesting silver ear ring find - it appears to house a big diamond, probably Victorian

    18thC silver cufflink 16thC Tudor gilde silver ring fragment - reported to museum as treasure
    1808 AD Bristol Silver ring with a full set of hallmarks 1892 Birmingham hallmark 97 % silver Vesta (match) case
    Silver bird probably form a charm bracelet - late Victorian Medieval silver annular brooch Interesting small silver piece
    Birmingham hallmark solid silver Oval early 1800's, too large for a cuff lin 19thC silver clasp

    18thC 67th Regiment of foot ring ? gold on silver

     

    1911 Chester hall mark silver brooch 20thC Sterling silver brooch

    Gilded Georgian brooch - red stone set in silver Victorian silver brooch
    19thC Old bust Victorian silver brooch Victorian silver brooch

    Victorian silver brooch Victorian silver brooch

     

     

    Georgian silver brooch Silver necklace part
    20thC silver pendant Victorian silver pendant
    Georgian silver pendant 20thC silver pendant
    Victorian silver pendant Victorian silver pendant

    1859 Silver pendant with 1842 Victoria milled silver four pence coin sandwiched between the glass

    Maker JS - Birmingham assay mark

    Jesse Sargeant 1835
    (registered Feb 1834) Caroline Street, Birmingham

    Georgian silver brooch front with glass stone Umknown silver brooch
    20thC silver pendant 1940's St Christoper pendant
    Victorian silver pendant Birmingham 1898 hallmark Victorian silver brooch
    17thC clothing fastener Victorian sterling silver locket
    Medieval silver pin Victorian silver locket
    Victorian silver brooch Victorian silver brooch
    Victorian silver brooch

    Victorian silver brooch Victorian silver locket

    Victorian silver brooch Victorian silver pendant Very interesting silver chain - sent to the museum for their views as it looks early construction
    20thC silver bracelet 1835 silver brooch
    17thC Charles 1st silver locket Georgian silver cufflink with glass stone
    20thC Gilded silver brooch Victorian silver pendant

    Georgian silver cufflink with glass stone 20thC silver brooch
    20thC silver ear ring Victoain silver brooch
    20thC silver ear ring 20thC silver ear ring
     
    20thC silver ear ring   20thC silver ear ring
     
    Victorian silver locket Georgian intaglio brooch  
    Geogian silver intaglio

    Stunning 16thC Tudor gilded silver pin

    Pin dia 10.88mm, 4.68g

     

    Treasure case 2009T596

    16thC Tudor decorated silver pin . Complete and undamaged with much of the original gilding Pin dia 10.88mm, 4.68g

    PAS find id:  ESS-5D8754

     

    Solid silver decorated pin head 15th/16thC Tudor -

    1.66g, 9.56mm dia

    1625 Charles 1st bust - 0.58g, 13.54mm L

    572. Tendring Area, Essex:
    Post-Medieval silver hat badge (2006 T482)
    Date: Early 16th century
    Discovery: Found by Mr E Zschernitz while metaldetecting in October 2006.
    Description: A circular hat badge, gilt front and back, with the remains of a pin on the back. The
    badge comprises a pinked backplate with thick cable decoration at the edge and a band of pinked decoration enclosing a built-up cast element at the centre with the Virgin and Child sitting on a crescent moon. There are sun rays behind the figures. Diameter: 19.9mm; weight: 6.54g.
    Discussion: The form and iconography indicate that this is a hat badge, as fashionably worn by men on the upturned flap of a hat around 1500–25. See for example a Crucifixion scene from Raydon, Suffolk (Treasure Annual Report 2003, no. 240), which indicates the original shape of the hook, i.e. with two sharp Ubends and sharp tip.
    Disposition: Colchester & Ipswich Museums Service.

    1996 Birmingham silver ring

    2006 Silver ring with stone - London mint 0.975 silver date letter C

    Maker MA

    2.2.g, 21.5mm

    Georgian silver button Georgian silver button 18thC Royal Navy silver button
    17thC Charles II silver button 17thC Charles II silver button 16thC Tudor gilded silver hat pin-