Record ID: PAS-D077FE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval gold finger-ring of the type known as iconographic due to the representations of saints or religious scenes that characterise them. The hoop of this ring is engraved with five different scenes, each contained within an oval bezel and set against a black enamel ground. The scenes are the Annunciation, the Nativity, the Resurrection, the Assumption of the Virgin and the Ascension of the Lord. The ring dates from the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century. Examination at the British Museum has established the precious metal content to be in excess of the required ten per ce…
Created on: Tuesday 14th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2023
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Record ID: ESS-CF88B6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A gold annular brooch dating to the Medieval period. The frame is circular in plan and 'D' shaped in section (flat back, curving front) with two opposed oval collets which taper towards the top, both now empty but once would have contained a cabochon stone. The pin is 'D' shaped in section (flat back, curved front) and is looped around a narrowing in the frame. A flanged transverse ridge is present on the upper face at either side of the narrowing for the pin. A rounded and segmented collar is present just after the loop and the pin tapers in width to the rounded end. The pin rest is …
Created on: Tuesday 14th October 2014
Last updated: Friday 28th August 2015
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