SF-C2CC46: medieval finger ring

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FINGER RING

Unique ID: SF-C2CC46

Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete silver gilt finger ring of medieval date. It has a faceted bezel and shoulders engraved with springs or floral motifs.

This ring has been cited by Kennedy (2018, 98, note 73).
 

Notes:

Discussion: This ring is of a type which relates to iconographic rings, produced in relatively large numbers throughout the fifteenth and early sixteen centuries, other examples which lack any iconographic engraving and are decorated with floral motifs include one from Newton Abbot, Devon (Treasure Annual Report 2000, no. 112), and another from Lewes area, East Sussex (Treasure Annual Report 2004, no. 214).

Dimensions: 22.1mm external diameter, 18.2mm internal diameter, 6.7mm in bezel height and 3.86g in weight.

Class: iconographic

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being disclaimed as Treasure

Treasure details

Treasure case tracking number: 2009T262

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1550

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.86 g
Diameter: 21.2 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st April 2009

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Other reference numbers

Treasure case number: 2009T262

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Near Thetford

Spatial coordinates


Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Grassland, Heathland
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

Author Publication Year Title Publication Place Publisher Pages Reference
Kennedy, K. 2018 English Iconographic Rings and Medieval Populuxe Jewelry Leiden Brill 98 73

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SF
Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 7 months ago

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