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Gold Ring (Photograph © Ulster Museum)
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Photograph © Ulster Museum

Gold Ring

Artist: Unknown

Location: Ulster Museum

Date: 16th Century

Materials: gold

Grant:

Vendor: R Stenuit

Review number: 2453 (1972)

Provenance:
After the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, galleas Girona was wrecked off the North Antrim coast; 1967-9, treasure recovered by Stenuit, Belgian underwater archaeologist.

Description:
Gold ring with a rectangular bezel and setting for a gem, which is no longer present. Part of the finds from the Girona wreck.

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