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Record ID: SOM-D4A002
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2011 T432: Disclaimed
Description: A silver gilt finger ring. The ring is D shaped in section with a flat inner side. There is an inscription running around half of the inner side. It reads 'LOVE EVER', all letters in Roman capitals. The gilding survives better on the inner side, with traces remaining on the outer side and considerable wear and damage on the outer side
Dimensions: It is 21.9mm in external diameter, 6.6mm wide, 2.1mm thick and weighs 5.88g.
Discussion: A parallel to this ring can be seen on the Portable Antiquities database, PAS-ED9585 2008…
Created on: Monday 25th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Stoke St Michael', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-D4ABB7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2011 T431: Disclaimed
Description: A silver gilt finger ring. The ring is D shaped in section with a flat inner side. There is an inscription running around a quarter of the inner side. It reads 'feare god', all letters in lower case italics. The gilding survives better on the inner side and edges with considerable wear and damage on the outer side.
Dimensions: It is 23.7mm in external diameter, 4.7mm wide, 1.9mm thick and weighs 4.69g.
Discussion: The inscription is a shortened version of that found on comparable finds (2004 T378 reads Feare God only * * …
Created on: Monday 25th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Weare', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-914708
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2013 T76: Disclaimed and returned to finder.
Date: 1550 to 1650 AD
Description: A post-medieval silver-gilt finger ring (posy ring) inscribed with MY HART YOV HAVE on the inner side in Roman capitals. There is a small, flattened blob of metal over the R of HART, possibly a piece from the damaged edge above it. There is no evidence of a makers mark.
The ring is D-shaped in section with a flat inner side. The ring has split in one place with an old jagged break, although it appears to be complete. The surfaces are worn and most of the gilding no longer survives alth…
Created on: Monday 11th February 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd September 2015
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Frome', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-4D605C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure Case 2015 T82: Disclaimed, returned to finder
A Post-Medieval silver finger-ring now broken into two pieces. One piece is now a folded strip and the other a small single strip. There is an inscription on the outside of the finger-ring which may read: I - - B R VARI (flower spray) VINO [...] OLL (flower spray). The inscription is indecipherable due to the breakage and the folding of the finger-ring. The inscription is within a border.
The finger ring measure:
Weight of both pieces: 1.13 g
Length of folded strip: 16.76 mm
Width of folded strip: 4.87 mm
Length …
Created on: Friday 6th February 2015
Last updated: Friday 30th October 2015
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-8E6CF2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case: 2016 T861: Disclaimed, returned to finder.
Description: Fragment of a silver gilt finger ring. The fragment consists of 6 lobes, domes or pearls of a lobed finger ring with breaks at each end. The upper and lower edges of the ring are shaped to the lobes. The division between each lobe is an irregular relatively shallow V shaped channel. The inner surface of the hoop is plain and flat. A yellow gilt surface is present on both faces but worn on the higher areas.
Dimensions: The fragment is 22.7mm long, 5.9mm wide and 2.8mm thick; it weighs 2.18 grams. It is too inc…
Created on: Thursday 20th October 2016
Last updated: Monday 3rd April 2017
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-C5E092
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2012 T477: Disclaimed, returned to finder
A silver merchant finger ring, Post Medieval date. The ring is complete and is a shallow D shape is section. The band of the ring gradually widens at the shoulders of the bezel which is rectangular. The bezel is decorated with a merchant mark of their initials which could either be a M or a W with a pointed shaft rising from it which could represent an I and a further symbol coming off at an angle. On either side of the mark are branches decorating the ring and there is also a border of dots around the whole bezel.
The hoop…
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 8th May 2014
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-8C83C1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
2019 T24 - Submitted for consideration as Treasure
Description: A complete silver gilt finger ring dating to the Post- Medieval period.
The ring is circular in shape and D-shaped in cross section, with a convex outer side and a flat inner side. On the inner surface there is the inscription "* LOVe AND LIKe" all in roman script with particularly prominent serifs, barring the "e"s which are in lowercase italics. At the start of the legend is a 7-pointed star with very uneven lengths to the points. The outer surface is plain with two slightly raised sub-rectangular additions to…
Created on: Friday 11th January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Westbury CP', grid reference and parish protected.
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