Thursday, 31st March 2005 (3161 views)

Items discovered across various venues in Wales have been declared as treasure by a coroner's court in Cardiff.

The pieces which range in date from the Bronze Age to the 1600s, included a gold Elizabethan ring, inscribed with Let Liking Last on its inner rim.

In addition a 16th or 17th century gold ring was found which had Where this I give, I wish to live written on it in italics.

The museum's head of archaeology, Mark Redknap, told the BBC: "Many of the rings illustrate style and fashion in jewellery, dress accessories and they provide first-hand evidence.

"For a lot of things, we rely on contemporary accounts or portraits but here we have the objects themselves. Where they have got inscriptions we can see the use of letter styles."

Items were unearthed over a period of 18 months and also included ace heads, other rings and dress hooks.

The treasure is now the property of the Crown and must be valued before it is sold, with archaeological staff at the National Museums and Galleries of Wales hoping to buy the items for their collections.

 

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