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Record ID: PAS-743C06
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold posy ring inscribed Keepe faith till deaith*
Created on: Tuesday 8th March 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 8th March 2022
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Record ID: PAS-FB4D00
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold 'fede' posy ring, circular in plan and D-shaped in section. The bezel is formed of two clasped hands below a heart; the hands each display a shirt cuff at the wrist. The plain interior is inscribed in italics Content is a continuall treasure with a long 's' in the last word. Dimensions: External diameter: 17mm Height of band: 2mm​​​​​​​ Weight: 2.1g Discussion: A number of parallels have been reported under the Treasure Act and recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database. See for example 2016 T615 (IOW-24A544) dated c.1650-1720. Variation…
Created on: Monday 18th March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2024
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Record ID: PAS-11C218
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold mourning (or memorial) ring. It is circular in plan, though now distorted out of shape, and slightly D-shaped in section. The curved outer face is plain, and the inner face is inscribed in a mixture of capital letters and italics: I L ob .23 Nouem 1710. Dimensions: Exterior Diameter: 19.77mm Height: 2.48mm Thickness: 0.81mm Weight: 1.6g Discussion: The inscription refers to the date of death of 'I L'. Mourning rings were popular from the 17th to the 19th centuries, with people sometimes leaving money in their wills for the production of such rings to hand out …
Created on: Friday 30th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd November 2020
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Record ID: PAS-10F734
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A Post-Medieval gold posy ring. The ring is circular in plan and D-shaped in section. The rounded exterior face is plain, and the interior is iscribed in lower case script Feare god and loue mee. The stem of the F is filled in with diagonal engraved lines. A maker's mark CW appears in a rectangular punch before the inscription. Discussion: This inscription is a well-known posy, appearing in multiple forms in Joan Evans' English Posies and Posy Rings (1931:35). It is also found on several posy rings that have been reported under the Treasure Act and recorded with the Portable Anti…
Created on: Friday 30th November 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 7th April 2020
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Record ID: PAS-D9D45E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold memorial ring. The inner inscription, preceded by a hand symbol, reads 'absens is grif' (absence is grief) with five-pointed star between the words and followed by a floral sprig. The symbols on the outer surface appear to be S type capitals, one either side of what could be interpreted as two joined XXs with a horizontal line in their centre (or a 'VA' monogram) repeated on the other side of the ring, plus 2 x intertwined capital C's backing onto each other, one set of these either side of the ring between the S and XX scheme. The outer engravings may be the intertwined lovers…
Created on: Friday 10th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 16th September 2020
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Record ID: PAS-52F9D9
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A circular gold ring, almost flat in cross-section. The exterior is decorated by two bands of beading, one along either edge. The beaded dots or pellets are mostly square in shape but irregular, and do not appear machine made; they seem to result from the use of a rectangular punch which made two pellets at a time. The beaded lines are separated from the centre of the hoop by a narrow ridge, and the centre is undecorated and slightly sunken. There is no decoration on the inner surface. Dimensions: Diameter: 17mm. Height: 5.5mm. Thickness: 0.5mm. Weight: 2…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nether Stowey area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-463683
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Post-Medieval gold mourning ring. The ring consists of a circular band of d-shaped section. The exterior is plain except for the engraved image of a skull, outlined in black enamel. The inner face of the band contains the inscription Marsden Ar. Ob: 4 Jan 87. The ring measures 16mm in diameter and weighs 2.92g. Mourning rings were worn to commemorate the loss of an acquaintance or loved one. From at least the 17th century, some people set aside money in their will for the creation of a number of mourning rings to be distributed amongst their friends and family, a practice which con…
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2017
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
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Record ID: PAS-3DC025
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
This ring has been squashed virtually flat so it is difficult to tell what the original section was (ie whether it was more D shaped than it appears now), but the use of the long 'S' in the inscription suggests a 17th century date. Part of the inscription is illegible because if the damage to the ring, but I am fairly sure that the full wording would have been: 'God for ever bless us together'. A similar inscription is recorded by Joan Evans in her book on posy rings of 1930. In this instance the words 'for ever' are missing. The inscription is preceded by what must be a maker's mar…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 5th June 2013
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Record ID: PAS-3B5388
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bath and North East Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Tiny thin, Post-Medieval gold posy ring inscribed inside 'A frends gift'. Joan Evans (1931, p. xviii) suggests that these very small posy rings were intended as gift to little girls whose names were drawn for valentines.
Created on: Friday 4th November 2011
Last updated: Friday 4th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Avon', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: PAS-8381F1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
This gold finger-ring with a double setting for two stones, now missing, is thinly constructed with a ridge along the centre of the hoop. It may possibly date from the 17th Century but it more is likely to be 18th Century and does not therefore fall within the Treasure Act.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd August 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd November 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lapworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-1917F7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold finger-ring with a d-shaped band. The complex bezel holds out a colourless cut stone and it is backed by a heart with pale blue enamel covering most of it, although much is chipped. Two tapered grooves run along the top and bottom of each shoulder, and within these, futther pale-blue enamel is evident; there are also very slight traces of black enamel.
Created on: Sunday 23rd August 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'MARKET RASEN', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-ED5726
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
This ring of hollow construction has a flat interior and a rounded exterior with twisted wire borders. Analysis has shown it to be an unusual composition that does not conform to gold carat standards.
Created on: Friday 22nd August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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