Record ID: SOM-5185A7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2013 T71: Disclaimed and returned to finder Silver (possibly silver-gilt) finger ring inscribed + IN DOMINO CONFIDO (In God I Trust) on the outer side and with a makers mark on the inner side. The ring is a flat band, rectangular in section. On the outer side there are raised borders top and bottom flanking a recessed central band. The borders both consist of raised upper and lower plain lines flanking a row of closely spaced raised dots within a recessed line. The borders are level with the top and bottom of the ring. The recessed central band is plain apart from …
Created on: Friday 8th February 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Axminster', 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-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-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.

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: SOM-823925
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2015 T429: returned to finder after being disclaimed as Treasure Description: A post medieval silver gilt finger ring. The band is oval with a D-shaped cross section. The outer surface exhibits a moulded design of a series of projecting bosses or pellets. The pellets are surrounded by a border of two interweaving ridged bands which pass alternately over and under each pellet, crossing in the gap between each pellet. The interweaving bands are incised with a continuous zigzag pattern. The edges of the band are decorated with a series of projecting knops positioned op…
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sticklepath 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-A121AF
Object type: FASTENING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of an unidentified silver object, probably a fastener from a book or other small item such as a casket. The piece is a flat plate which is now pentagonal with one straight, broken edge from which it widens to the widest point before narrowing back to a point opposite the broken edge. Other than the broken edge all the edges are slightly concave curved. Running around the plate, parallel to these curved edges are a pair of incised lines and at each of the three corners not adjacent to the broken edge is a circular hole for a separate rivet. The one in the point opposite the broken…
Created on: Tuesday 12th August 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 13th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wincanton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D959F2
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver gilt dress hook dating to the Post Medieval period. The hook itself is broken, with the original terminal missing. However, the loop survives and there is little to no damage to the plate. The thick plate is rectangular in shape, with a series of seven globular knops placed at regular intervals around the perimeter. Where the hook projects form the plate at one end there is a trefoil decoration, with linear bands placed between the lobes and a central circle suggesting a floral design. The central plate bears the incised letter “M” which is placed within an in…
Created on: Monday 22nd October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 20th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huxham CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-0F0D92
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
2017 T816: Disclaimed and returned to finder Description: A silver gilt dress hook of 16th century date. The hook is piriform in plan, and D-shaped in cross section, consisting of a hollow boss affixed to a backplate with a cusped outer edge. The boss is decorated with applied pellets and beaded wire, arranged into three circles flanking a fourth, each containing a central applied pellet. The flanking circles contain three further circles, arranged around the pellet, with the same arrangement at the interstices between the outer circles. Several elements of the design have been mis…
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2017
Last updated: Thursday 23rd August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cossington CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7FB07F
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: An incomplete silver dress hook dating to c. AD 1450-1600. The hook consists of one-piece cast in the form of a shell with two attachment-knops. The third loop and the hook are now missing. The front of the dress hook is convex and moulded with linear lines to provide detail of the scallop shell. It has two attachment-knops at the base of the shell, one each side. A third knops should have been in place at the top of the shell, now missing but for a small piece projecting out from the engrailed edge for 2.2mm. The knops are sub-rectangular in cross section with bevelled e…
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2020
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lullington CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1A6608
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (UNKNOWN)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2016 T902: Disclaimed and returned to finder Description: Front disc from a silver gilt 'hat-hook'. The disc is flat with a front decorated with a branch coming in from the base to the centre, possibly laurel, with two side leaves or branches, and a multi leaved terminal. The branch is surrounded by incised areas so it appears raised and details of the leaves are again picked out by incisions. The centre is surround by an unrecessed border, broken at the stem of the branch, and defined by an incised line separating it from the edge of the disc. On the border is the …
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Last updated: Thursday 10th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kennington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D80B77
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (UNKNOWN)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2012 T49: Acquired by the Museum of Somerset. Date: c.1500-1600 AD Description: Silver double-ended sharp hooked clasp with a squashed openwork filigree bead in the centre. The clasp is formed if a single piece of silver wire with both ends narrowing to sharp points. The central part of the wire is straight and both hooks bent over 180 degrees on the same plane so laid flat the points were parallel to the main wire and pointed at each other. One point has been bent open so now curves through c.120 degrees with damage on the inner side at the bend. The ends are both…
Created on: Monday 23rd January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Highbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-FDD898
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure Case 2015 T218: Disclaimed, returned to finder A complete post medieval silver-gilt eye piece from a hook and eye fastener. The body of the piece is broadly heart shaped with one sewing loop each side of the point, and a larger loop in the centre at the top where the hook from the other part of the fastener would have been inserted. One sewing loop is complete, the other missing to a break. The centre of the piece is openwork with the outer edges of the heart made of probably foliate branches. Down the centre of the heart is a design reminiscent of an urn, baluster …
Created on: Monday 23rd March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-616C6A
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2014 T505: Disclaimed as treasure and returned to finder Description: A complete silver-gilt eye piece from a hook and eye fastener. The body of the piece is square with one sewing loop each side towards the bottom, and a larger loop in the centre at the top where the hook would have been inserted, thus forming the eye part of the hook and eye clasp. The centre of the piece is decorated with the head of a cherub moulded in relief. The cheeks of the cherub are puffed out, and puffs of air lead from the mouth to the left and right which flank the bottom of the loops. …
Created on: Monday 28th July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crewkerne CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-2CA2EB
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2016 T1061: Disclaimed, returned to finder. Description: A fragment of a probably Post Medieval dress accessory of uncertain form, made of silver wire. The fragment consists of a triangular piece, broken and distorted along one edge but seemingly complete on the other two sides. The back of the object is made of silver wire laid in a grid, with interwoven strands like a net. The complete edge is formed from a V-shaped piece of plain silver wire soldered onto the front of the mesh or net, with a line of twisted wire outside this. Filling most of the centre of the V o…
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2016
Last updated: Friday 18th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Withycombe CP', grid reference and parish protected.