Record ID: SOM-25BE95
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure case 2013 T308: Not Treasure and returned to finder A gold finger ring (posy ring), D shaped in section with a flat inner side. There is an incised inscription running around about two-thirds of the inside of the hoop. It reads 'Godly loue cannot remoue', all letters in lower case italics, apart from an initial upper case letter 'G'. The inscription terminates in a stamped maker's mark, possibly an upper case letter 'C'. The inscription is identical to one on a posy ring held by the British Museum (BM number 1961,1202.178), though the 'u's are rendered as 'v's on the B…
Created on: Tuesday 14th May 2013
Last updated: Monday 4th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marston Magna CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-1C6BB5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely corroded and incomplete probable finger-ring of Roman date. The object appears to consist of a thickened bezel of rectangular form, rounded at the top from the ends of which extend shoulders and hoop in a continuous curve. The hoop has broken around halfway down each side with the truncated remains abraded to a point on both sides. The hoop is broadly D-shaped in cross-section, with a flat internal surface (int. dia.: c. 19.2mm). A dark-green patina survives in small patches, particularly on the underside of the bezel. Elsewhere the object is highly corroded with a green …
Created on: Thursday 12th September 2013
Last updated: Monday 2nd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broadhembury CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E43B31
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval gold finger-ring with five-pointed star bezel containing a blue stone, probably a sapphire. The bezel is faceted, with some bevelling on the lower surface too around a flat base. The shoulders are decorated with three engraved chevrons on each side with an inverted chevron below. These bound multiple finely punched annulets. The hoop has a rounded D-shaped cross-section. It is slightly distorted, but has been straightened since found squashed. It has an internal diameter of c. 17.3mm
Created on: Monday 28th October 2013
Last updated: Monday 27th July 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-FDCE51
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval gold finger-ring of 18th-century date, probably a wedding ring. The ring is a simple band of D-shaped cross-section, flat internally, and externally plain. On the internal surface are engraved initials TL and GL with saltire stops after each. The letters are open and decorated with hatching. Following the letters is the date Feb 6 1730, the upright of the 'F' of Feb is also hatched. The internal diameter of the hoop is 19.7mm.
Created on: Tuesday 29th October 2013
Last updated: Monday 1st July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Petherton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-CAE9E4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure case 2013 T813: Disclaimed, returned to finder Description: Fragment of Roman silver finger ring which has been broken at the shoulders with the hoop missing. The fragment is a flat oval in section with only slightly convex external and internal faces and rounded edges. The bezel is oval, thicker and wider than the hoop or shoulders and flat on top. It is not stepped up in thickness above the shoulders and is only defined by indented triangles at each corner running in from each edge. Any engraved decoration on the bezel is now illegible. The fragment narrows gradually and…
Created on: Monday 2nd December 2013
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-C16CB1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2014 T190: Not Treasure Description: Very small gold finger ring with a 'posy' inscription on the inner side. The ring is D-shaped in section with a slightly convex outer side. The hoop is of even width with no bezel. The outer side is decorated with an incised straight line just inside the upper and lower edge creating upper and lower borders. In the field between them three parallel incised lines create a double wavy line curving from the upper to the lower edge in regular waves. The inner side is inscribed with an inscription in italics reading: Accept …
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wivesliscombe CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-2B2EC2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2014 T650 : Declared not Treasure and returned to finder Description: Gold finger ring with 'posy' inscription. The finger ring is D-shaped in section with convex outer side and straight inner face. Around three quarters of the inner face is inscribed the legend: 'In thee my choyse I do rejoyes··' (In thee my choice I do rejoice). There are small traces of black enamel in some letters,. The lettering is italic with a double upright on the first I and cross bars on the I's and J and an elongated upper serif on the c. There is no makers mark. There are some ver…
Created on: Wednesday 24th September 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Highbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EAD7B0
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman copper alloy finger ring with black glass intaglio. The bezel is widened and flattened; the shoulders are also relatively wide before tapering to a thin hoop around half way down the sides (min. W.: 2.8mm). There are some abrasions to the edges of the hoop and a recess formed through corrosion on the underside of the bezel. The bezel is very slightly raised in around the setting. The intaglio is bevelled externally leaving a flat oval central zone with design set in. The design (on the intaglio) is of a human figure, probably female, seated left and turned to the view…
Created on: Friday 3rd October 2014
Last updated: Monday 6th October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingsdon CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-65EFCE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment from a Roman copper-alloy finger-ring consisting of the bezel and shoulders. The bezel is circular with an engraved border on its upper surface. It may have been recessed to take enamel, which is now heavily decayed. The shoulders of the hoop emerge from the reverse of the bezel. The hoop has a flat rectangular cross-section. The shoulders are both truncated, one below the bezel, the other not far beyond. The hoop has a shallow curve in profile. The fragment measures 16.8mm in length by 13.0mm wide at the bezel by 4.1mm thick at the bezel. It is up to 7.3mm 'high' and we…
Created on: Thursday 19th February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 13th October 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DEV-0FD991
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold mourning ring with black enamel decoration and internal inscription, of post-medieval date, c. 1600-1750. The ring consists of a triangular sectioned gold hoop, with an exposed median ridge of gold. The exterior surface is decorated with heavy blue-black enamelling, which is lost in places, along with a trace of white enamel (probably from a depiction of a skull). The interior of the hoop is engraved with the inscription ‘Prepare to follow MC', in a curvilinear italic script, followed by a stamped maker’s mark consisting of a letter S inside a pent…
Created on: Monday 8th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 26th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ogwell CP', grid reference and parish protected.