Record ID: SOM-5405A4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete late Medieval to Post-Medieval Silver gilt finger ring. The ring has raised border on the exterior of the hoop and a mouldings pattern within that. The pattern consists of ‘H’s alternating with oval within borders of transverse raised lines. The inner face is plain with small indentations running along the circumference of the ring. The silver gilt surface presents small green areas of copper alloy corrosion both on the outer and inner side of the ring. Dimensions: The ring measures 22.9mm in diameter 1.9mm in thickness and weighs 5.88g. Discussion: This…
Created on: Thursday 13th February 2020
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staple Fitzpaine CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-066C42
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete post medieval gold “posy” finger ring, made from a rich yellow buttery gold. The band is narrow and D-shaped in cross section, with no external decoration or inscription. The Italic inscription is placed on the interior, and reads “Live in Love.” There is no clear maker’s mark, although a faint impression appears to resemble one, which is composed of three rings together within a rectangle. Dimensions: The ring is 20.4mm in diameter. The band is 3.09mm wide, and 1.23mm thick. It weighs 3.10g. Discussion: Oman (1974) states that Italic…
Created on: Tuesday 28th January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 19th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-046B31
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Post medieval gold post ring dating to 1725 to 1800. Th ring is D-shaped in cross section with a flat inner face and convex outer. On the inner face is inscribed: I joy to find a constant mind. The inscripltion is in italics and is followed by a makers mark. The mark is a five sided recessed shape with a horizontal top, straight sides and pointed base within which are the raised initials S over G H, the S flanked by pellets and with a third pellet below. The ring is 22.8mm in diameter, 4.9mm wide and 1.8mm thick; it weighs 6.48g. The makers mark can be paralleled on a ring i…
Created on: Tuesday 28th January 2020
Last updated: Monday 18th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ash Priors', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6F00EA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold posy ring, circular in plan and D-shaped in section, inscribed with the words in italics on the inside of the hoop: Sic unit Amor duo meaning 'Thus Love unites two' or more literally 'Thus Love makes two into one' (or one of two) with the mark of two interlocking hearts at the end of the inscription. The italic script has an inwards curving 'flick' at the top of the upright of the 'd' of duo. There appears to be a resurgence of Latin for inscriptional use in the 18th century with English being most common during t…
Created on: Tuesday 21st January 2020
Last updated: Thursday 12th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Silverton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-0D65C7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A short section of a Roman copper alloy bracelet that has been bent into a finger ring dating to c. AD 320 to 450. The artefact is formed of a strip of copper alloy. The strip is sub-rectangular in cross section with a slightly rounded edges. This strip has been bent into now almost triangular hoop with rounded corners. One end of the strip ends in a transverse, patinated cut. The other appears to be the original end of the bracelet with a slight constriction followed by a slightly expanded oval terminal which extends into a point at its outer edge, This terminal has slightly off …
Created on: Wednesday 11th December 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 11th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Martin CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-AD98B6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy (probably brass) finger ring with 'posy' inscriptionon the inner face. The ring is D-shaped in cross section with a convex outer side and flat inner. There is a soldered join at one point, visible only as a faint line on the outside but clearer on the inside as a strip of a browner shade. The inscription is worn but reads: VIRTVE PASETH RICHES (Virtue passes riches) with some letters higher and lower than others and no gaps or stops between the words. The ring is 20.3mm in external diameter, 5.9mm wide and 1.7mm thick; it weighs 3.15g. Plain posy/posey…
Created on: Friday 6th December 2019
Last updated: Friday 6th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marshfield CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-852788
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman or post medieval copper alloy ring, probably a finger ring with broken hoop and thick bezel. The hoop varies, thinning from a rectangular to a flat cross section on one side of the bezel and oval in cross section on the other. Part of this may be distortion caused when the hoop was bent and broken. The bezel is broadly rectangular with semi-circular ends flanked by rounded knops in each corner. It thickens towards the centre and is notably more thick near the base than the top where there is a flat edge with a step in thickness part way back. There are extensive file marks acros…
Created on: Monday 5th August 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 6th August 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-24BA75
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description:  A complete Medieval silver finger ring with inscription on the outer side. The hoop is rectangular in cross section and continuous, with no bezel. The ring is slightly distorted and now oval when viewed from above. The outer side is decorated with the inscribed letters + A + G + L + A running around the hoop, the letters are evenly spaced around the loop and each separated from the next by a cross potent. The L and A’s are serifed and the A’s barred and with a top bar. Dimensions: The finger ring is 22.5mm by 20.8 externally, 3.1mm wide and varies betwee…
Created on: Tuesday 25th June 2019
Last updated: Thursday 4th August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rodney Stoke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7E227E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2019 T238: Declared not Treasure Description: A broken and bent silver gilt finger ring dating to the Post- Medieval period. The ring would have originally been circular in shape but has been broken at one point along the ring and squashed such that it now has an irregular sub-oval shape in the form of a "U". The hoop is D-shaped in cross section, with a slightly convex outer side and a flat inner side. On the inner surface there is the inscription "In god is my trust" all in italics and all lower case baring the first letter "I" which is capitalised. …
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bramdean', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-D1B964
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A gold finger ring with diamond setting dating to the medieval period. The ring has a square bezel the front of which rises evenly in a four sided pyramid the top point of which is formed by the four sided diamond embedded in the bezel. The diamond is probably a natural octahedra crystal and appears slightly grey in the setting. The four facets on the front of the bezel have horizontal striations from filing/hammering and are even in plane with the sides of the diamond. The sides of the bezel curve backwards, narrowing from the front to the flat back. The bezel connects directly int…
Created on: Wednesday 20th February 2019
Last updated: Thursday 28th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Dorset', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-781886
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A Post-Medieval gold finger ring with a posy inscription on the inside. The hoop is fully intact and is D-shaped in cross section. The outer side is decorated with an elaborate raised floral pattern, representing thistles and four petaled roses, two of each, alternating around the ring, with jagged leaves and stems between. It is likely the recessed background was originally enamelled making the flowers stand out more clearly. The inscription on the inside, in Italics, reads: Let vertue be thy guide. There is no hall mark, but there is a maker’s mark of initials “F …
Created on: Monday 17th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Torrington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6D2EFF
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A Post-medieval silver gilt finger ring with a posy inscription on the inside. The hoop has a crack completely through it at one point but is still in shape. The outer side is plain and shallowly convex. The inner side is flat giving a shallow D-shaped cross section. The inscription on the inside, in Roman capitals, reads: I LIVE IN HoP. There is no maker’s mark. The gilding is mostly in place although thinned giving the ring a pale gold colour. There are a few worn areas on the inner side where the silver shows through. Dimensions: The finger ring is 20 mm in e…
Created on: Monday 29th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 25th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colyton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6CF746
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2018 T804: returned to finder Description: A Post-Medieval gold finger ring with a posy inscription on the inside. The ring is D-shaped in cross section with a plain, convex outer and flat inner side. The inscription on the inside, in italic letters, reads: Godly love cannot remoue [remove]. There is no maker's mark. Dimensions: The finger ring is 22.3mm in external diameter, 4.1mm in width, 2.2mm in thickness and weighs 4.94g. Discussion: The inscription appears to be a variant on the more common Godly love will not remove; which appears on two British Mu…
Created on: Monday 29th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Potterne CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D9986B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description:  A Post-medieval silver gilt finger ring with a posy inscription on the inside. The hoop has been cut and flattened open. The outer side is plain and most of the gilding has worn away. The inscription on the inside, in Roman capitals, reads: BE + TRV + IN + HART.  There is a cross potent at the beginning of the inscription and at the end is a symbol of a triangle adjacent to a lozenge conjoined with a central line. There is no maker’s mark. Dimensions: The finger ring is now 62.06mm in length, 6.39mm in width, 1.31mm in thickness and weighs 3.00g. Discuss…
Created on: Monday 22nd October 2018
Last updated: Monday 24th July 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-9B2633
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2018 T765: Disclaimed and returned to finder. Description: Section of a silver gilt 'fede' finger ring. The section comprises the solid clasped hands flanked by rectangular cuffs. There are old breaks beyond the cuffs and any further design or inscription is lost. The fingers are picked out by incised lines and it is possible the cuffs also had simple vertical lines across them but the piece is highly worn obscuring these details. Gilding survives only in the recesses, particularly between the hands. Dimensions: The fragment is now 18.4mm long, it is 6.9mm wide and…
Created on: Friday 19th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 25th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lydeard St Lawrence CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E14808
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
2018T704 returned to finder after being declared as treasure Description: A complete Medieval silver finger ring with inscription on the outer side. The hoop is rectangular in cross section and continuous, with no bezel. The outer side is decorated with the inscribed letters + A + G + L + A running around the hoop, the letters are evenly spaced around the loop and separated by a cross potent, the A's unbarred and with a top bar. The ring appears to have been cleaned or suffered from corrosion in the soil. Dimensions: The finger ring is 20.2mm in diameter externally, 2.1…
Created on: Friday 28th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 21st April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wembworthy CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-C232B3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete post-medieval gold finger ring possibly originally with enamel decoration on the outside and a posy on the inside. The hoop is a shallow D-shape in cross section with a flat inner side and slightly convex outer. It is now distorted and squashed. The outer side is decorated all the way around with eight wider and eight narrowed angled bands. The wider bands are all decorated with five evenly spaced incised horizontal lines within an unrecessed border, the narrower bands have a single incised angled line within the border. The lines are all deeply cut and V-…
Created on: Thursday 9th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 27th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cullompton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-C098AB
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete Post-Medieval gold finger ring with a posy inscription on the inside. The hoop is a shallow D-shape in cross section with a flat inner side and slightly convex outer with flattened facets at the top and bottom. The outer side is plain. The inscription, in italics, reads: Our harts in God are joynd to love, with the tail of the final e elongated. It is possible the final word is a mis-spelling of one as the v appears similar to an n. There is no makers mark. Dimensions: The finger ring is now 21.4mm in external diameter, it is 3.9mm wide and 1.4mm thick; it…
Created on: Thursday 9th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ugborough CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-9B91E8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2018 T547: Disclaimed, returned to finder Description: A complete gold finger ring with a gem inset bezel probably dating to the Post- Medieval period. The hoop would have originally been circular in profile but has been compressed from one side of the ring so that it is now sub-oval. The hoop is circular in cross section and even in thickness (1.2mm) until reaching near the bezel. At this point the hoop flattens and widens on both sides into a fleur de lis design, both of whose outer petals point out and away from the bezel. The central petals of the fleur de …
Created on: Tuesday 7th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 9th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wootton Fitzpaine CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-98F54A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Large and heavy Roman gold finger ring of ‘keeled’ type with a wide openwork hoop and large ovoid bezel set with a dark blue/light grey oval nicolo intaglio. The lower part of the hoop is composed of a pair of six-sided polygons, each with a central rib and openwork panels on each side that slope downwards from the rib. The openwork consists of peltas, four in total, rather crudely executed. The polygons are not quite the same in style; where they meet they form a six-pointed star, with the angles left plain and unworked on one side but with the others indented to form a pa…
Created on: Tuesday 7th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Ilminster', grid reference and parish protected.