Record ID: CORN-632D6E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver-gilt iconographic finger ring with a ridged bezel with two facets divided by a central mid-rib and bordered by accentuated edges. Each facet on the double bezel has an engraved figure, and the pair represent the Annunciation or the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to Mary (Luke 1:26-38), with Gabriel on the left and Mary on the right. Gabriel is kneeling with his hands raised up in prayer and with a dove above his head, which came from the mouth of God in the typical iconography of the 14th to the 15th century. Mary is standing facing left with a halo because…
Created on: Monday 8th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-599DDE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy finger-ring, dating 13th-14th century. The object is formed of a slender band with a lozenge shaped bezel. The band appears to have been soldered to the bezel. The bezel has a green glass fitting with a moulded decoration of lines radiating around the edge. The band has been broken and bent out of shape, with some of the band probably missing. The object is now in two parts, though this is recent damage. The metal has a mid-light brown pattination. No published examples are quite like this one, but finger-rings of this shape and style tend to date from the 1…
Created on: Monday 8th December 2014
Last updated: Monday 9th February 2015
Spatial data recorded.