Record ID: NMS-20A335
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of post-medieval silver probable finger ring, almost straightened and with both ends broken, cracked when found and now in two pieces. Running between a pair of raised ribs, both with a longitudinal groove, is a median band of counter-relief decoration, a repeating pattern of sets of four pellets separated by transverse ribs with a lozenge at mid-point. Probably 16th -17th century. Weight 0.83g. Width 5mm. Thickness 0.6mm. Three rings with similar geometric patterns on the exterior (British Museum accession numbers; 1856,0701.2706 1961,1202.130 ; 2003,0506.1) have be…
Created on: Friday 7th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 9th June 2014
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Record ID: NMS-AA0590
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy finger ring comprised of a simple and rather flimsy hoop, 0.6mm thick and ranging from 2.4 to 5.4mm in width, without a bezel. The narrowest and widest parts have been left plain, but on the remainder there are two "confronted" sets of engraved decoration of short lines, now rather worn: a herringbone pattern of five pairs of oblique lines flanking a row of longitudinal line and on both side of the wider part a row of five longitudinal lines. There are faint signs of a butt-join at the narrowest part. Diameter 18.7mm. 17th - 18th century. Field WG5
Created on: Wednesday 21st December 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 21st December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-63C777
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy finger ring, a simple hoop without a bezel, of flattened D-section with a groove running close to both edges. No butt joint is visible. Internal and external diameters 23 and 19mm. Width 3.6mm. 17th century.
Created on: Friday 30th December 2016
Last updated: Friday 30th December 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ryburgh', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-7F1206
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Post Medieval finger ring. Band consists of a 0.5mm thin strip and tapers from 6mm wide at the bezel to 3mm opposite on the hoop. Chevron like decoration is just visible on the bezel but corrosion precludes proper resolution of this. Possible internal cartouche for a makers mark but again this cannot be resolved.
Created on: Thursday 30th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2018
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Record ID: NMS-5757B7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Post-medieval gold finger ring. The band is now slightly distorted and exhibits a transverse crack. The exterior is decorated with applied gold filigree and granulation consisting of a series of lozenges formed by filigree wire; within each lozenge is a cross formed of 7 or 8 pellets arranged in a transverse line with a pellet above and below at the centre point. One lozenge appears slightly truncated and has only 6 pellets. Some of the pellets are missing or appear to be positioned slightly off-centre. At the meeting point between each lozenge are two pellets, each with …
Created on: Friday 9th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2020
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Record ID: NMS-C270DF
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Post-medieval silver posy finger-ring, the band now heavily distorted into a triangular shape. The exterior has a geometric grid pattern in relief forming three rows of shallow rectangular cells which may have originally contained enamel (see discussion below), although none now remains. The interior is engraved with a “posy” inscription on the interior of the band in seriffed Roman script reading FOR - GET ME NOT. Dimensions: Extant diameter: 23.5mm, width of band: 4.2mm, thickness: 1.2mm, weight: 1.2g. Discussion: In general, Roman capitals began to be u…
Created on: Friday 2nd November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2020
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Record ID: NMS-2FACFD
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-medieval gilt copper alloy signet ring, oval bezel (16 x 12.5mm) and stumps of D-sectioned sides, most of band missing. On the bezel: an anchor piercing a heart. 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 7th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th November 2018
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Record ID: NMS-5304B1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-medieval copper alloy signet ring, Octagonal bezel (14.5 x 12.5mm) and stumps of oval-sectioned sides. On the bezel: a six-pointed star behind an obliquely-angled pelican in her piety. Internal diameter c.18.5mm. 17th century.
Created on: Monday 3rd December 2018
Last updated: Monday 29th June 2020
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Record ID: NMS-AE57CB
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Small gold Post-Medieval finger ring with posy inscription. The ring is 14.9mm in diameter, 3.6mm wide and weighs 1.2g. It consists of a flat D-shaped cross-section hoop with a curved decorated outer surface and a flat inscribed inner face. The continuous external decoration is engraved, probably by hand, and comprises incuse circumferentially aligned lozenges with eight armed linear stars within; the saltire arms of which extend to the border of the lozenge. There are further incuse lines projecting internally from the border of each lozenge. There is a very narrow stepp…
Created on: Thursday 2nd November 2017
Last updated: Monday 27th April 2020
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Record ID: SF-C57DAD
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete post-medieval enamelled gold finger ring. The band is very small in diameter, probably sized to fit a child, and is D-shaped in cross section. The external surface is decorated with three rows of rectangular cells that would have originally held enamel. Tiny traces of light coloured enamel survives in some of the cells. There is an inscription on the internal surface that reads: '+I + AM + YOVRES+'. Dimensions: Diameter: 17.02mm, width: 3.15mm, thickness: 1.03mm, weight: 1.58g Discussion: A number of finger rings with similar external enamelling have bee…
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gissing', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-92AAD6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold post medieval mourning finger ring. The D-sectioned hoop, originally circular is now bent out of shape. On the exterior is an engraved human skull. On the interior, in Italic script is the legend: "H F ob 10 Mar 1712 aet 70" followed by a stamped maker's mark: the initials CR in blackletter script within a rectangle. Date c. AD 1712 Diameter: 21mm (internal diameter: 18.8mm), width of band: 4mm, thickness: 1.8mm, weight: 3.3g. A number of similar examples have been reported as Treasure and are recorded on the PAS database including: HAMP-AE9377 (2016 T408), NMGW-03238B (201…
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2017
Last updated: Monday 23rd July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-BE86A6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Post medieval gold finger ring. The hoop is D-shaped in cross-section, convex on the outside and flat on the inside, with a posy inscription on the inner face. The inscription is in a rounded, cursive, informal script and reads: This, & ye giver, thine forever. The ampersand (&) looks like a capital B, and the e of ye is written above the y. There is no maker’s mark visible. Dimensions: Diameter: 21mm (internal diameter: 18mm), width of band: 5mm, thickness of band: 2mm. Weight: 4.5g. Discussion: Two posy rings in the British Museum collections have similar i…
Created on: Monday 27th November 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd June 2020
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Record ID: NMS-01A3D6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy finger ring, a plain D-sectioned hoop without a bezel. No butt joint is visible. Diameter 25mm, internal diameter 21mm. Width 5mm. 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Thursday 30th November 2017
Last updated: Thursday 30th November 2017
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Record ID: NMS-020153
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of early post-medieval gilded silver finger ring. Only a small amount of the curved hoop remains, with old brittle fractures at either end. The cross-section of the hoop consists of a shallow D-section central area with moulded raised borders to either side. The borders are plain but the central outer face of the hoop is decorated with a zig-zag groove bordered on either side with ridges, creating alternating sub-triangular panels to either side. Each panel is filled with three bands of circumferentially aligned pellets. Dimensions: diameter estimated at 25m…
Created on: Thursday 30th November 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wymondham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-18C29E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a post-medieval lead alloy finger ring, a square bezel (13.3 x 13.3mm) with an empty raised almost square setting (10.5 x 9.5mm). The hoop, which is entirely missing, was c.5mm wide. Thickness 1.5 and 3mm. Probably late 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Friday 1st December 2017
Last updated: Friday 1st December 2017
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Record ID: NMS-8AE27D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Post medieval gold finger ring with “posy” inscription on the inner face. The inscription is in italic script and reads: “I fauer as I find” followed by a maker’s mark in the form of a curved fish or dolphin. The band is D-shaped in cross-section. Dimensions: Diameter: 17.1mm (internal diameter: 15.1mm), width: 4mm, weight: 2g. Discussion: A number of similar examples have been reported as Treasure and a recorded on the PAS database including: GLO-FFA284 (2017 T508) & ESS-757F92 (2017 T59). Two posy rings in the British Museum collections ex…
Created on: Friday 12th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 1st May 2020
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Record ID: NMS-762FB4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rather worn post-medieval gilt copper alloy finger ring without a bezel. The edges of the D-sectioned hoop are scalloped and the outer face carries four unevenly spaced pointed oval facets. Gilding survives to a greater extent on the inner face. Diameter 21mm. Width and thickness of hoop 4.5 - 6 and 1.4mm. 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2018
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Record ID: NMS-3FF8BF
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold finger-ring with posy inscription. The hoop is now bent slightly out of shape but was originally circular; there are a couple of nicks on the edge. It is a low D-shape in cross-section, with a slightly curved outer face and a flat inner face. There is no decoration on the outside. The inscription takes up just over half of the inner face, and reads in seriffed Roman capitals, FEARE x GOD x Dimensions: The hoop measures c. 20 x 22mm and was probably 21mm in original diameter (around 18mm internal diameter). It is 4.5mm wide and 1.3mm thick, and weighs 4.6g. …
Created on: Thursday 7th May 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 15th December 2020
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Record ID: NMS-8D314E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Gold finger-ring with posy inscription, now bent but still complete. The hoop is D-shaped in cross-section throughout with no bezel. The exterior is convex and the interior is flat, with the inscription I LIKE MY CHOYS in seriffed capitals. The first I is very lightly engraved compared to the rest of the inscription. There are small crosses between the words LIKE and MY (a diagonal cross) and MY and CHOYS (a more upright cross). There is a space-filling branching curved line after the end of the inscription, but still a gap between this and the start. The bends have …
Created on: Monday 21st September 2020
Last updated: Thursday 26th August 2021
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Record ID: NMS-523725
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy late Medieval to Post Medieval signet ring. Circa AD1400-1700. Flat oval bezel (13.4mm x 16.8mm) with approximately one third of the D-shaped cross-section hoop missing from old breaks. The matrix consists of an engraved oval border with a standing right-facing (on matrix) bird with a raised and folded feathered wing.
Created on: Friday 6th November 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 10th November 2020
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