Record ID: SUSS-5DFD31
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, Medieval gold finger ring with French inscription, which reads joie/sa/ns/fyn (joy without end). The band is possibly shaped as a crown with four crescent moons. Between each crescent moon, the band has a section of the inscription and two small protrusions above and below. After each section of the inscription, there in an incised leaf. There are diagonal incised lines inside the crescent moons and two small protrusions at the bottom, on either side of each moon.
Created on: Monday 21st January 2019
Last updated: Monday 5th August 2019
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Record ID: NARC-057386
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy signet ring of Late Medieval to Post-Medieval date (AD 1400-1600). The object has an incised / engraved seal matrix bezel. The hoop of the finger ring is incomplete - approximately 50% of the ring is retained. The ring is an irregular D shape - often called stirrup-like in plan and the hoop has an angular D shaped cross section. The hoop flares (expands) toward the front and the shoulders of the ring have distinct angular expanded facets. The bezel is formed on a horizontal platform into which the design is incised. The bezel is rectangular with rounded edges…
Created on: Thursday 17th January 2019
Last updated: Thursday 12th January 2023
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Record ID: LON-EFE1D5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval to Post Medieval copper alloy signet ring dating from AD 1450-1550. The finger-ring has a plain band and integral bezel. The bezel is rectangular with faceted corners. The central motif is an incised black letter R D with a crown or coronet above within a rope twist border. The finger ring is similar in style and shape to signet rings in the British Museum's collections and they are dated to the early 16th century (Dalton 1912 pl VI). A ring with similar motif on the database is LON-22CA27. Dimensions: diameter: 24.77mm; weight: 8.42g.
Created on: Wednesday 16th January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 16th January 2019
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Record ID: SUSS-76D031
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, late Medieval to early Post-Medieval (c.1400-c.1550) silver 'fede' or 'fide' finger ring, with a bezel in the form of two clasped hands. The hoop is oval in cross-section. On the hoop, beside one hand there are several transverse grooves, indicating cuffs, and beside the other are criss-crossed lines. The interior of the band is plain.
Created on: Thursday 10th January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Basingstoke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-726859
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE 2019 T16. Description: An incomplete gold finger ring of late medieval or early post-medieval (15th - early 16th century) date. The finger ring has a D-shaped cross section and is plain internally. There is some damage to one side of the ring over part of the inscription which was probably caused by the plough. Externally the finger ring is decorated with two elongated oval cartouches which contain black letter script flanked by floral tendrils and cross-fleuretty motifs. The script appears to be old French and reads '[..]ater / toudis' in lower case Gothic black le…
Created on: Thursday 10th January 2019
Last updated: Friday 23rd July 2021
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Record ID: NMS-6089EA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gild copper alloy finger ring. Rectangular bezel with a longitudinal median arris dividing the bezel into two concave fields, both with an engraved female head and torso. The hoop, which tapers slightly from the edge of the bezel to the rear of the band, is faceted to form five lozengiform fields with triangular fields to either side. Every field is engraved with a single line border around a geometric foliate design. Diameter 23.5mm. Length of bezel 12.7mm. Width of bezel 5.5mm. Weight 6.14g. Cf. a silver example from Tacolneston (NMS-DE742B). 15th century.
Created on: Wednesday 9th January 2019
Last updated: Monday 21st January 2019
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Record ID: DUR-602602
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gold finger ring with a blue gem stone setting (probably a corundum or sapphire), dating to the medieval period (c.AD1300-1400). The plain hoop is round in plan, tapers from the shoulders toward the base, and is sub-rounded in section. The thicker shoulders of the hoop are soldered to the bezel, the lower portion is triangular in shape, inverted, with the point resting on the hoop; the sub-rectangular upper collet is bevelled inward to hold the gem in place. The high-sided collet holds an irregular sub-oval pale blue corundum, commonly called a 'sapphire'…
Created on: Wednesday 9th January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yafforth area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-5E4EDA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver gilt finger ring with intaglio inlaid in the bezel. The bezel is formed of an octagon with exaggerated points, creating an 8 pointed star with a plain upper surface. At its centre is a possibly crystal intaglio, this is recessed from the front with an angled side to the setting. The intaglio is slightly damaged and depicts a right facing probably female bust with brushed back hair or headcloth and elaborate clothing at the neck. The band is trapezoidal in cross section, with the flat upper surface flanked on each side by two slanting surfaces, creating a flat space on eac…
Created on: Wednesday 9th January 2019
Last updated: Friday 10th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IOW-5D29C7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Medieval silver-gilt iconographic prayer finger-ring depicting two of the wounds of Christ (c. 1400-c. 1500). Treasure case no. 2019 T14 (addenda to 2018 T194). The finger-ring is convex on the outer face and flat on the inner face. About 40% of the finger-ring is present and when complete it would have had five bezels. The two surviving bezels, separated by an elongated panel, have raised designs on the outer face. The design on one bezel is a sacred wound depicting a nail through Jesus's feet. On the other bezel there is a forward facing figure, probably a crude rep…
Created on: Wednesday 9th January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 9th July 2019
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Record ID: ESS-DF13C3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Description:  Gold ring bezel set with a sub-spherical red stone, probably garnet. The bezel is oval in shape. The outside part rises to surround the stone with concave sides and there is incised decoration around the slightly flared rim. The reverse is plain and saucer-shaped. There is evidence of where the band would have attached on either side of the reverse but no part of it remains. These rings are often informally referred to as ‘pie-dish’ type.  Dimensions: 11.85mm long, 10.4mm wide, 4.5mm tall. Bezel opening c. 5.0mm x&…
Created on: Thursday 3rd January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kelvedon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-BF6A37
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy bezel from a finger ring or Roman or medieval date. The ring is incomplete and is missing the lower band portion. What remains is the oval shaped flat bezel with no decoration. Weight: 1.28gms Length: 12.1mm Width: 7.3mm Thickness: 3.2mm
Created on: Tuesday 1st January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
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Record ID: BERK-8F6C7A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A fragment of a silver-gilt Medieval to post-Medieval finger ring. The fragment consists of part of one side of the hoop attached to a bezel which is joined by a small triangular shoulder. The hoop is D-shaped in cross section and is 11mm in length and tapers down from 3.3mm to 1.7mm in width. The hoop ends in an old circular break. The hoop and shoulder are decorated with incised crosses to form a repeating lozenge pattern. The steep shoulders taper down to form the hoop. The shoulder is attached to a flat top square shaped bezel at roughly a 90 degree angle. The bezel i…
Created on: Tuesday 18th December 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 15th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Henley-on-Thames', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-248184
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A silver finger ring with an empty bezel. The ring is undecorated and the band is D-shaped in cross-section. The bezel extends straight up from one side of the ring and would have been oval in shape but has been squashed. The setting is quite deep (c. 8mm) and retains no traces of what was set in it. The interior of the band may bear traces of an inscription but it is very faint and could be coincidental discoloration of the metal. Dimensions: Diameter 20.1mm, band width 3.2mm, band thickness 1.3mm, bezel height 8.4mm, length 17.3mm, width 9.1mm, weight 5.6g Discussion: The style of …
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 11th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Theydon Bois', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-243568
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval gold posy ring, dating from AD 1400-1500. The hoop of the ring has been bent out of shape, and is now sub oval is shape. The hoop is D shaped in cross section. The outside of the hoop has pressed decoration, with a repeated pattern of semi circles running along both edges. Each semi circle has a raised edge, and is joined to the opposite semi circle by a raised line. Inbetween these raised lines is a raised circular pellet. The outside edges of the hoop are slightly raised. On the inside of the hoop is the inscription 'x I x HOPE x IN x TYME x' The finger…
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2018
Last updated: Friday 1st December 2023
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Record ID: DEV-22BCCC
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy finger ring from the medieval period, 1100-1450. The slender hoop of the ring is broken at the most distant point in its circumference from the bezel, and the two halves of the hoop have been folded upwards, so that one is tucked beneath the bezel and the other is bent back on its original line, now pointing upwards and behind the bezel. The bezel is shallow and rectangular in shape, with a sub-rectangular setting now missing the original stone but containing a small amount of white mineral, possibly a calcium carbonate based cement once used to attach th…
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd January 2019
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Record ID: BUC-0FC5D5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver medieval finger ring, dating from the 15th to 16th century AD. The bezel is rectangular shaped, and has a raised band running down the centre along the length of the bezel. The sides curve down from this on either side, making the bezel triangular is cross section. Either side of the central band is decorated with incised lines, it's unclear if this is a floral or foliate design, or whether this depicts figures such as other medieval iconographic finger rings (see NMS-6089EA). Either side of the bezel the shoulders narrow into the hoop. The shoulders are decorated…
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 14th November 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-0E2737
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete gold 13th - 15th century finger-ring, missing its bezel and the hoop broken at the back, one resulting arm bent outwards to the side of the bezel. The bezel is rectangular in shape with a triangular projection on two opposing sides, where the hoop extends; these are not separate cells. The bezel is a little damaged to one side and the walls (c.2.5mm in length) angle inwards. A silvery substance overlays the base of the bezel. The hoop is flat in cross-section, measuring 3.6x0.8mm either side of the bezel, narrowing to 1.9x0.6mm at one end and 2.0x0.9mm at …
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nether Wallop', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-FE5673
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
2018 T996 - Returned to finder after being disclaimed as treasure Description: An incomplete silver gilt finger ring of medieval to post medieval date. The finger ring survives as a separate bezel attached to approximately one quarter of the original hoop. The bezel is in the form of a crowned and pierced heart. The "heart" of this design is made up of a V shape. A trifoliate knop extends from each of the two upper tips of this V. Two further projections extend from its sides also terminating in trifoliate knops. Placed above the V shaped heart so as to leave a sub-triangular sh…
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Congresbury CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-FBF6BE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
2018 T990; Disclaimed, returned to finder Description: A Medieval silver finger ring. The finger ring has a flat, undecorated hoop expanding into a rectangular panel at either shoulder defining between them a twin bezel, each with a sub-oval cell for a lost setting. The rectangular panels are decorated with four angular reserved quatrefoils arranged to fill the rectangular recessed field. The twin bezel is also decorated, with two rows of four punched pellets two one side of the setting, and a central band flanked by incised transverse grooves on the other; this is reversed on th…
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2018
Last updated: Thursday 26th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Christian Malford CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-FA55ED
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy simple hoop ring, possibly from the Medieval period, AD 1100- 1500. While the ring appears to be undecorated, there are faint traces of what might have been two raised lines running around the exterior of the ring. The inner circle of the ring bears a small horizontal groove as well as two vertical, linear protrusions on opposite ends of the circle. It is possible that these are solder joints but the fact that they can only be seen on the inner circle somewhat complicates that analysis. The ring is dented (resulting in an oval shape) and there is evidence of…
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2018
Last updated: Friday 2nd August 2019
Spatial data recorded.