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Record ID: HAMP-D6F469
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete Medieval (c. 1150-1450) gillded copper alloy stirrup-shaped finger-ring with a clasped-hand or 'fede' decoration on the band. The thin hoop is D-shaped in cross-section and widens out into the sub-triangular shaped bezel, which has an integrally cast circular copper alloy boss in the setting where a gem would typically be. The section of the band opposite the bezel is decorated with a well executed pair of clasped hands on the inside and outside of the band. The outside of the band has one hand comprising four entire fingers,…
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
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Record ID: HAMP-B22F80
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gilded late Medieval to early post Medieval finger ring that has been broken and later repaired, with a thin gilded copper alloy band soldered to the inside of the bezel. The earlier ring has a rounded bezel with a raised cast decoration consisting of a series of oblique lines radiating from the centre of the bezel to its edges, giving the impression of a sunburst or a star. The shoulders slope gently from the bezel to the point where the ring has broken and are decorated with further oblique lines in two sections. Bezel measures 17.9mm high, original ban…
Created on: Friday 8th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-92AED2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy bracelet, probably of late Roman date, which has been curled around for later re-use as a finger ring. Unusually for such an object, the decorated side, which appears to have two offset parallel rows of ring and dot motifs running along its length, is on the inside of the hoop. The internal diameter of the ring would have been approximately 17mm.
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2024
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Record ID: NLM-8DEB55
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy finger ring fragment. About one quarter of a cast band with an oval inset bezel [now vacant], possibly Henig type 2/Guiraud type 2. Suggested date: Roman, 43-250
Length: 14.2mm, Width: 10.3mm, Thickness: 2.1mm, Weight: 1.07gms
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2024
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Record ID: SUR-65D51F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold posy / posie / posey ring of 18th century date. The ring has a plain narrow hoop with D shaped cross section 1mm thick and 2.2mm wide. The interior is inscribed "Love and live Happy" in an italicised script. There is a maker's mark of I.W in a rectangular escutcheon. The internal diameter of the ring is around 20mm.
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 16th February 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-2E9271
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A worn, complete Roman copper alloy octagonal finger ring dating c. AD 200-410.
The hoop is sub-rectangular in section, with a circular flat internal surface and octagonal external surface comprising eight plain facets of varying lengths. The surface is worn and abraded with a reddish-brown patina with patches of light green.
Measurements: diameter 24.53mm (internal diameter 20.28mm), width 4.06mm, thickness 2.10mm, weight 3.62g.
The ring is consistent with Henig's type IX (Guiraud type 9a). Henig (1974, 50) suggests that polygonal rings …
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2023
Last updated: Sunday 10th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-0B9EC2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete medieval gem-set silver gilt 'stirrup' finger ring. The hoop is undecorated, with a plano-convex or D-shaped cross section, and although now broken would have had an internal diameter of approximately 17mm when intact. The bezel is pointed and triangular, 4.6mm high, with a single setting for a (now lost) oval gemstone measuring 3mm in length and 2.2mm wide. The smooth shoulders of the bezel merge into the hoop. There are no marks or inscriptions.
Created on: Friday 24th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
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Record ID: HAMP-D73444
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Roman hook and eye type bracelet repurposed to become a finger ring dating to the period c. AD 250-450.
The ring is formed from a single strip of copper alloy with a rectangular cross-section which has been curved around so that the two ends slightly overlap. One end terminates in a worn break and lies beneath the other end of the strip which tapers to a narrow hook. At the base of the hook is a raised rectangular boss and the rest of the upper surface is decorated with worn moulded transverse grooves on eithe…
Created on: Friday 22nd September 2023
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2023
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Record ID: BERK-5D766A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy and enamel finger ring of Medieval date. The ring is a complete band but is squashed on one side. The band expands to a square bexel with slightly rounded outer edges. The bezel is decorated with a cast cross pattee which was inlaid with black enamel. The shoulders are decorated with chevrons pointing away from the bezel.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd August 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
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Record ID: SUR-C8281C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a late medieval silver ring. The bezel is incomplete but appears to have been flat and lozenge shaped, bearing a panel of incised decoration, possibly comprising a saltire cross on a field of cross hatched lines within a linear border. The hoop has a triangular crossed section (2.1mm thick) and meets the bezel at a stepped shoulder with a flat chevron-shaped collar decorated with a band of parallel incised dashes, arranged in line with the hoop. The inside surface of the ring is flat. There are no maker's marks.
Created on: Wednesday 16th August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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Record ID: OXON-287199
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman cast copper alloy finger ring, dating to circa AD 100-200. . This consists of the bezel only; no sections of the band remain.
The bezel is oval in shape, and on the front it has a raised edge all around, enclosing a central raised moulded motif which takes the form of an X-shape, of which one adjacent pair of arms is rounded and curves slightly inwards, and the other pair is straighter and extend in width away from the centre. The recessed part of the bezel likely contained a pale coloured enamel, of which traces remain in a few areas. The…
Created on: Monday 3rd July 2023
Last updated: Monday 31st July 2023
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Record ID: BERK-7376C1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of cast copper-alloy Roman finger ring dating to AD 200-300.
Just under half of the finger ring survives with only the bezel and shoulders remaining and most of the the hoop is missing. The breaks of the hoop/shoulders are not recent. The bezel is circular in shape with a lip around the edge to hold enamel or an intaglio in place. The shoulders are slightly flared next to the bezel and then narrow along the remains of the hoop and end in abrupt breaks.
Similar partial finger ring fragments in copper-alloy can be found on the Portable Antiquities database: OX…
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2023
Last updated: Monday 26th June 2023
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Record ID: WILT-BD6556
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold posy ring with internal inscription and external decoration dating to c.AD 1400-1500. The ring is circular in plan, although slightly flattened, and rectangular in cross-section. The hoop is of even width throughout, and the exterior is decorated with neatly engraved ornament, worn in places, consisting of six-petalled flowers between three-sprigged branches. The gold is yellow and bright, indicating high purity.
The inner surface is engraved with two parallel lines running partway round, between which is a short motto inscribed in Gothic or black-letter script. There …
Created on: Friday 28th April 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Breamore CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: HAMP-7BB9E1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy penannular finger ring in the form of a coiled snake, dating from about AD 100-400. The hoop is sub-circular in plan and rectangular in section. The terminal on the outside of the finger-ring tapers to a point and represents the tail of the snake. The other terminal is broken, but is expanded and probably would have formed the head of the snake. The ring has a small circular knob near the tail, and the ring is decorated with a series of moulded lines ranging from angled single ribs near the tail, to a herring-bone pattern near …
Created on: Tuesday 25th April 2023
Last updated: Sunday 25th June 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-6A39FF
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval copper alloy signet finger ring dating c. AD 1600 to AD 1800.
The finger ring has a circular shaped hoop, with a D shaped cross section which narrows from 3.8mm at the shoulder to 1.9mm opposite the bezel. The integral bezel is oval shaped with an outer engraved linear border. Inside are two upper case initials, I A with a crude incised 6 pointed star above and below. The hoop is crushed into an elongated oval. The metal surface is worn and pale green in colour.
Measurements: The external measurements of the ring is 24.7 mm long and 1…
Created on: Monday 24th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 4th July 2023
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Record ID: SUR-7EC7A0
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman cast copper alloy finger ring with a flat circular bezel of 10.8mm diameter. This has a fragmentary enamel inlay surrounding two flanking pairs of crescentic retained metal elements.The bezel has a raised rim around it. On each end are the stumps of the shoulders of the hoop; these are decorated with transverse ridges. The hoop is now missing, but would have a had a flat cross section and been relatively narrow. Circa 2nd century AD.
Created on: Thursday 13th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 13th April 2023
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Record ID: SUR-7DE657
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy finger ring of Henig's Type III / Guiraud type 2d-2e with an oval dark blue glass intaglio. The intaglio is 10.3mm in length, 8.6mm wide and is heavily abraded with the engraved device being no longer discernable. The bezel is flat and the broad triangular shoulders curve down into the (now missing) hoop, which has a flat plano-convex cross section. Circa 2nd century AD.
Created on: Thursday 13th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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Record ID: SUR-057600
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold posy/posey/posie ring of late 17th to 18th century date. The hoop is 17.7mm in external diameter with an internal diameter around 15.8mm. The hoop has a shallow D-shaped cross section, 0.9mm thick by 2.1mm wide, with plain exterior; the interior has the inscription A token of good will. At the end of the inscription is a stamped maker's mark within a sub rectangular escutcheon (second image); this appears to be a conjoined monogram GI / GH or possibly CH with the second letter being smaller and unclear.
Created on: Tuesday 14th March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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Record ID: HAMP-4B4C2F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver finger-ring of 12th century date, broken into three pieces and flattened out, with a geometric pattern. Main square bezel with central cross cleché within a square that has been decorated with fine incised parallel lines and dots. Either side of the central decoration is bordered by a narrow vertical rectangle with fine incised zig-zags, and quatrefoil designs in which have been decorated with fine incised parallel lines and dots in the quarters. The ring tapers away from the bezel and the reverse features triangular punched dots surroundin…
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
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Record ID: SUR-B1D341
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman finger ring (cf. Guiraud Type 3b; Henig type Xb) with a D-shaped red glass or enamel intaglio held on a flat bezel 12.7mm wide and 18.3mm in length. The intaglio has an incised design which is difficult to interpret due to degradation of the surface, but which may be a fish, right, with scaled body, long trailing tail and trailing fins above and below. The hoop has an internal diameter of 20.5mm and a D shaped cross section, widening from a minimum of 3.4mm to meet the bezel at a pair of 7mm wide cusped shoulders. Circa 3rd century AD.
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2022
Last updated: Friday 16th December 2022
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