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.

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-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: 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.

Record ID: DEV-05F82C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probably complete, but now squashed, gold finger-ring (mourning ring) of early- to mid-18th-century date. It has a rectangular bezel for a now missing setting. The bezel's long sides have been squashed in. The exterior is decorated with a pair of grooves that run all around. The hoop remains attached at one end of the bezel, but has been folded and partially torn at the junction, but has become detached at the other. At the end where the hoop remains attached it has been bent under the bezel, and squashed up towards it. Around halfway along the other part of the hoop has been pus…
Created on: Monday 19th December 2022
Last updated: Monday 13th February 2023
Spatial data recorded.