Record ID: SUSS-5DED40
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy finger ring, with a thin D-shaped section. There are no markings on the exterior or the interior of the finger ring. A joint is visible. The copper alloy is a dark reddish-brown colour. This ring date to the post-medieval period, circa 1600 – 1800.
Created on: Sunday 5th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Southwater', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-8827B7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval gold posy ring. A small thin band decorated on the exterior with a running scroll contain traces of the original white enamel; inscribed inside in capitals: BE + TRUE + IN + HART. The letters contain most of their original black enamel. A variant of this inscription is recorded by Joan Evans in the 1596 Harleian manuscript, and there are a number of versions of it in the BM.
Created on: Tuesday 7th August 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-A4B020
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Broken silver gilt posy ring inscribed on the inside with 'Be costant to the end', presumably meaning 'constant'. The inscription appears inlaid in gold now, but the entire ring was probably gilded to appear like the contemporary pure gold posy rings. The band is plain on the outside and D-shaped in cross-section. There appears to be a maker's mark on the inside of the hoop consisting of a serifed 'R' and a trefoil to the right of it, but it might also be the initials of the intended, or the committed! If it is a maker's mark, it comes before the Wedding Ring Act of 1855 which made it…
Created on: Thursday 9th August 2007
Last updated: Monday 22nd September 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-C542C8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
British Museum Report: "Date: 1700 Description: Gold mourning ring. D-shaped hoop. Inscribed to the inside 'S P obijt 20 June j700 aeta 28'. This inscription is followed by a maker's mark: 'M' in a rectangular punch. There are traces of black enamel within the lettering and the punch. Discussion: Mourning rings were usually made in memory of a recently deceased relation. Often money was left in wills with which to have a ring commissioned for this purpose. The inscription translates to 'S P died on 20 June 1700 aged 28'. 'SP' are the initials of the deceased. The maker is uni…
Created on: Friday 10th August 2007
Last updated: Monday 25th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hawton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-C99D15
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This small ring is formed of a simple plaited band. It is likely to be post-medieval in date, but in the absence of any parallels in the British Museum, there is no evidence to confirm that it is more than 300 years old. Consequently, as the ring cannot be securely dated to pre-1706 it falls outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Friday 10th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-053932
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy finger ring of Post-Medieval or Modern date (Post AD 1500). Outer diameter 21.1mm, inner diameter 17.3mm and 4.2mm in width. Weight 2.71g. The outer face of the hoop is convex and has two circumferential minor grooves, one close to each edge. Within the grooves there is an inscription with stops in the form of five pointed stars. However, due to wear and corrosion, the inscription is indeterminate. The inside of the hoop is slightly convex. The outer face of the hoop is worn and corroded, whereas the inside of the hoop is worn and smooth and has a mid…
Created on: Monday 13th August 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-1998B5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver finger-ring (2007 - T402) Date: Probably Post Medieval 16th - 17th Century Description: The hoop of the silver finger-ring is oval in plan; being distorted from a probable circle by both wear and also movement in the ploughsoil. The finger-ring is broadly lentoid in cross section. The upper and lower edges are slightly faceted. The external face of the finger-ring has been damaged by abrasion, however, the decorative design and style is relatively complete. The decoration has been created by the use of neillo (a silver oxide paste) which has been applied to small lentoid sh…
Created on: Tuesday 14th August 2007
Last updated: Friday 21st October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Oswestry', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-1B2715
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wigan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy finger ring from the Post-Medieval period. It is rectangular in section and is mostly plain apart from a couple of incised lines on the outside face. It is a little out of shape, probably due to being in the ground.
Created on: Tuesday 14th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-1B2AF4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wigan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy finger ring from the Post-Medieval period. It has broken so that the circle is not quite complete. However non of it is missing, it is just out of shape. The bezel is oval in shape and flat. It has a quadriped stamped into it, possibly a horse
Created on: Tuesday 14th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-417816
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
2007 T405 The British Museum curator's report says: "Silver finger ring. Has a rectangular-shaped bezel with rounded corners. The centre of the bezel is decorated with a cross that has traces of black enamel. The shoulders extend from the top and bottom of the bezel and narrow to form the remainder of the hoop. To the back of the band is a split. There is foliate decoration on the shoulders. To the reverse of the bezel is an oval shape pattern formed of raised pellets; inside this appears to be three raised digits. Evidence from the unseen side of the bezel suggests that this ring dat…
Created on: Thursday 16th August 2007
Last updated: Sunday 10th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cawood', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-AFAF41
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval silver broad hoop finger-ring with central raised band within sunken channels, the raised part engraved with geometric decoration and bordered by a dotted line above and below; the inside gilt, the exterior partially gilt. Engraved on the interior is a letter 'T'. There are no precise parallels in the BM, but there is a 15th-century tradition of broad hooped rings with similar central bands within sunken channels and it seems reasonable to see this as a continuation of that tradition. Dalton 881 for example is of similar construction and bears an amuletic inscription…
Created on: Tuesday 21st August 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 19th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cholderton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-B179F5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy finger ring which has been compressed into a single flat band. In its current state it is 25.8mm long, 4.3mm wide and 2.6mm thick. The band is decorated with a row of crosses (+) right around the band, and there is an oval bezel which is very worn. The ring has a deep green and brown patina. It probably dates from the post-medieval period but no close published parallel has been found.
Created on: Tuesday 21st August 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-C47167
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval gold finger ring which is formed through a series of vertical rectangles, each keyed to recieve enamel which survives in tiny amounts. Inside is an inscription stating "If you regard its' my reward:" However several letters are cut off at the top and bottom of the hoop, suggesting that the ring must have once been a simple straight-edged hoop, and has been cut down at a later date, perhaps to provide gold for other purposes.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd August 2007
Last updated: Friday 1st April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dogmersfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-EE0132
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy finger ring. The hoop is incomplete, and has a semicircular in section, the breaks are worn. The bezel is flat and octagonal in shape, measuring 18.7mm x 13.4mm. It is incised with the letters FL (which appear in mirror image). There is a floral design above and below the letters and they are within a beaded border. The ring is not particularly worn, and has a dark greyish-green, polished patina. It is post medieval in date, circa 16th -17th Century.
Created on: Friday 24th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lewes St Ann Without', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-EF2971
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Gold finger ring external diameter 15mm, internal diameter 12mm, weight 1.5g. Plain band with D-shaped cross-section, there is an inscription in the inside face which reads 'A frindes gifte'. Date: 17th century
Created on: Friday 24th August 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kenn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-6B3143
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A crudely made post-medieval gold finger ring. The hoop is circular and narrows towards the bottom; it is curved in cross-section with the inside of the hoop concave. The square raised bezel has a female portrait facing left, and incuse lettering to either side: the letters appear to be 'RICI' to the left, and 'VI' to the right. Analysis has shown that the ring is composed of 22 carat gold and the ring was reported under the Treasure Act 1996. Although it imitates late Roman rings in its general appearance, it does not do so in any other respect, and there is no evidence from the w…
Created on: Thursday 30th August 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Itchen stoke and Ovington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-6D24D2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is a very heavy ring, with a flat octofoil bezel and square section hoop, angled at the shoulders. The back of the hoop inscribed ROBERT and the side at the back inscribed DUX. It is a puzzling ring as it seems to have borrowed features from earlier periods but the general shape and design has no pre-1706 parallels and the general consensus of opinion is that it is likely to be of relatively recent manufacture.
Created on: Thursday 30th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 26th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Buriton area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D31C40
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast gold posy ring of probable early 18th century date. The flat gold band is inscribed on the inside 'content hath noe want'. The script could be an 18th century hand. The maker’s mark (TH) written in black letter is most likely identified with one of two smallworkers, the first of which entered his mark in 1711 and the second in 1717 (Grimwade, nos. 2800, 2801). As the find probably dates to later than 1706 it falls outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996 (N. Awais-Dean, The British Museum, 16.04.07).
Created on: Tuesday 4th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D4E3C1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A narrow gold finger ring of probable 17th century date. The ring has a shallow section and is dented and misshapen. The interior of the plain band is inscribed in lower case italic script: + thyncke on me. Two different versions of this inscription are recorded by Joan Evans in 'English Posies and Posy-Rings' (Oxford, 1931), p. 97: Think on mee (from a will of 1618) and + THINKE. ON. ME (BM, Dalton 1302). The style of lettering, the spelling, and the use of a short text on the ring all suggest a date in the 17th century. Dimensions: 19mm (external diameter) by 4mm (width of band). Wei…
Created on: Tuesday 4th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Edington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-E92543
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-medieval silver ring is broken and now appears flat, the hoop with cross-hatched engraving on the exterior, the interior inscribed: , with small horizontal v-shaped nicks between each word.
Created on: Wednesday 5th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 3rd November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bishops Waltham', grid reference and parish protected.