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-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-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-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-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-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: DEV-215EAC
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval gold finger ring with a “posy” inscription on the outer side. Rectangular in cross section. Broad flat band with double raised borders above and below the inscription: + LOVE x AND x LYVE in Roman capitals. Slightly squashed with an indent on one side and some small scratches. Dimensions: The ring is 21.6 mm in external diameter, 6.4 mm wide, 1.1 mm thick and weighs 3.57 g. Discussion: In general Roman capitals began to be used in posy ring from the middle of the 16th century to the second quarter of the 17th century, when they were replaced by Italics (O…
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2018
Last updated: Friday 6th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shute CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-5C93B4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy finger ring with posy inscription on the inner side. The ring has a D-shaped section and is formed of a strip soldered together at the ends. The join is visible and the white metal solder now projects, probably as the surface it used to abut has corroded away. The inscription is worn but reads 'I loue V til death' (I love you until death) in italic script. There are no traces of gilding visible but the exterior surface in patricular is very corroded. The hoop is distorted to an oval shape, 26.0mm by 14.8mm, 4.2mm wide and 1.7mm thick. It weighs 2.39 grams.…
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2018
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-624F1E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2017 T879: Not Treasure Description: A Post-Medieval gold posy ring. The ring consists of a hoop with a D-shaped cross section, flat inner face and convex, plain. exterior. The interior of the hoop is inscribed in italic script: Kindly take this for my Sake, followed a maker's mark. The makers mark is of a raised capital Q in a recessed cell, the upper part of the cell is rectangular, the lower goes off the edge and could be rectangular or shield shaped. Dimensions: The finger ring measures 20.1mm across the hoop, is 2.7mm wide and 1.6mm thick; it weighs 2.98g.…
Created on: Thursday 5th October 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chaffcombe CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1B4F1D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2017 T711: disclaimed, returned to finder Description: A Post-Medieval gold signet ring. At the apex of the hoop is a large, slightly projecting flat oval bezel. A circumferential beaded border surmounting an incised collar decorates the lateral edges of the bezel. This is highly abraded and only the incised line is visible in places. The bezel itself is engraved with a depiction of a double headed eagle with outstretched wings within a simple corded oval border. The hoop and its shoulders are plain, featuring no maker's or hall marks. Damage to the base of the hoop…
Created on: Monday 14th August 2017
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Glastonbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-608B8C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval or Post Medieval copper alloy finger ring probably of the 15th to 17th centuries. The ring is broadly d-shaped in cross section with a slightly convex inner face and convex outer formed of a convex curved centre flanked by narrow raised lines above and below in turn flanked by a very narrow flat border top and bottom. The raised lines are divided by closely spaced diagonal incised lines into a cable design. There are various scratches and indents but no punched marks. The ring is 26 mm in external diameter, 22mm internally and 6.5 mm wide and weighs 5.61 grams. It is …
Created on: Monday 24th July 2017
Last updated: Thursday 27th July 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-0FC73F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A simple gold finger ring of probable Post-Medieval date. The ring has a shallow, D-shaped cross section, 0.5mm thick. Although now slightly deformed, the hoop would originally have had an extremely small diameter, and now survives to the length of 15.1mm and a width of 13.9mm. The band is 2.6mm wide. The exterior surface of the ring is plain, whilst the interior is crudely inscribed: "A FrenD TiLL DeAtH". The "I" in "till" was seemingly mis-inscribed, and resembles a zig-zagging tail of the "T". All capitals are serifed and the ring features no maker's or hall marks. The…
Created on: Tuesday 21st March 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 21st April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Chard', grid reference and parish protected.