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Record ID: PAS-755C62
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval finger ring, of stirrup shape. The hoop is slightly distorted and abraded along its edges. The ring is set with a roughly rectangular stone, which is held in place by two claws.
The ring is gold, and dates from the 13th century. The stone is blue, and is a sapphire. Surface analysis indicated gold and silver contents of approximately 73–76% and 16–18% respectively, and confirmed the gemstone
Dimensions: length 25 mm, width 20 mm
It has been published in the Treasure Annual Report 2005/6 (p. 115, no. 403)
Created on: Saturday 10th February 2024
Last updated: Saturday 10th February 2024
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Record ID: PAS-7555B5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval finger ring of iconographic type. The bezel is hexagonal and contains a depiction of God the Father holding the figure of Christ on the Cross. This was the conventional way to portray the Trinity in the late medieval period, though the dove representing the Holy Spirit seems to be absent.
The hoop of the ring is twisted. The twists closest to the bezel are engraved with seven five-petalled flowers and a lupin (?). The five-petalled flower is a recognised reference to the five wounds of Christ and the number seven may be an allusion to the seven sorro…
Created on: Saturday 10th February 2024
Last updated: Saturday 10th February 2024
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This findspot is known as 'North of Colchester', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: PAS-751353
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval finger-ring in three fragments, formed of a flat hoop terminating in two clasped hands with scalloped cuffs. The ring carried a rudimentary engraving, which consists of an inscription punctuated by simple stars, circles and foliate motifs. The inscription reads: 'de don co . . '.
The inscription is either a corruption of the popular medieval sentiment 'de bon coer' ('of/from good heart') or it signifies the gift of/from a heart (using the noun 'don' meaning 'gift').
The finger-ring is silver-gilt, and dates from the la…
Created on: Saturday 10th February 2024
Last updated: Saturday 10th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: BM-F87E99
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver strap-end and undiagnostic gold ingot
The strap-end appears to have terminated in a hook and may have served as a type of chatelaine, not uncommon for key suspension, for example at the end of a belt. The terminal is incomplete and broken. The most closely comparable, base metal example is published in G Egan and F Pritchard, Dress Accessories, London 1991, p. 149, no. 705. Although the published piece is a more elaborate type, the shape and construction are the same. The date, arrived at by ceramic phasing, is 1400–50.
Length of strap-end: 55 mm; length of ingo…
Created on: Wednesday 31st August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 6th September 2022
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Record ID: BM-F76F83
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
The find consists of eleven fragments of a medieval, silver spoon. Four of the fragments constitute the slender stem of the spoon which terminates in a diamond-shaped knop.
The remaining seven fragments form part of the bowl. The largest surviving fragment of the bowl is from the point at which it should meet the stem. This is engraved with the motif of the ‘Hand of God’, poised in benediction. A religious motif, however, does not preclude ownership of the spoon by a lay person. The reverse of this fragment is crudely inscribed with the lett…
Created on: Wednesday 31st August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 6th September 2022
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Record ID: BM-F73398
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver seal-matrix of diminutive proportions. Its sealing surface is circular and is engraved with three spheres within a three-pronged division, surrounded by a beaded border but without a legend. The device is not easy to interpret. The reverse is a cone-shaped hexagon terminating in a trefoil handle. This tiny, enigmatic object was undoubtedly used as a personal seal rather in the fashion of a signet ring.
Created on: Wednesday 31st August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 6th September 2022
No spatial data available.
Record ID: BM-F6A73C
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A hoard of coins and a finger-ring.
The coins are mostly official English issues, but with two coins of the Burgundian Netherlands, double patards, which were legal tender here at a valuation of fourpence, thanks to a convention between Edward IV and Charles the Bold in 1469. The gold coin is of fine gold, over 94% pure. The English silver coins are sterling standard, 92.5% fine, and the Burgundian coins are 80% fine silver.
The coins range in date from the 14th or early 15th century (a now fragmentary halfpenny and some very worn pennies) to the latest coins in the hoard…
Created on: Wednesday 31st August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 6th September 2022
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Record ID: BM-78E59D
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver-gilt mount, perhaps originally enamelled, engraved with a bird with outstretched wings, probably representing a pelican.
Created on: Thursday 25th August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 6th September 2022
No spatial data available.
Record ID: BM-D744F2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval finger ring, now badly distorted and measuring 21mm across its greatest diameter. The ring is engraved with the phrase en bon an (‘in a good year’). The inscription is punctuated with sprigs of foliage.
The ring is silver and was once entirely gilded. The gilding only survives on the interior of the hoop and in the deepest recesses of the engraved design. Traces of solder can be seen between the words bon and an on both the interior and exterior surfaces of the ring. It dates to the fifteenth century.
Created on: Thursday 30th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 26th September 2023
No spatial data available.
Record ID: BM-C2C76B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval brooch formed from twisted wire crafted to create the impression of plaited ropes. It measures 18mm x 16mm and is slightly damaged at the top right and at about a quarter down the left side. It is highly decorative, an impression that is heightened by the random soldering of small spheres upon its surface. These spheres may once have existed in more profusion and given an original appearance of greater symmetry, but this is by no means certain.
Created on: Wednesday 29th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 14th February 2023
No spatial data available.
Record ID: BM-9EA7B8
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment from the side of a spur with the attachment for the spur leather surviving.
The spur dates from the fifteenth century (see John Clark, The Medieval Horse and its Equipment, (London 1995), cat.no.341). It is silver furnished with two copper-alloy fittings, one with a pendant drop attachment also of silver.
J P Robinson
Curator of Medieval Collections
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: BM-9D4EA6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval belt mount formed from a flat plate of roughly semi-circular shape. The outer frame of the mount is corrugated and a circular aperture has been cut into the centre. Three shallow, concave collets decorate the base, two of them concealing the attachment of rivets which survive on the reverse holding a fragment of textile in place.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Chideock', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: BM-9B6A22
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval finger-ring, measuring 25mm in diameter. The hoop is decorated with deeply grooved, twisted bands, within which are engraved the stems of flowers at each shoulder. The bezel is a flamboyant octagonal shape which is engraved with a merchant’s mark
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Charlton Marshall', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: BM-9A2338
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval finger-ring in the form of a flat band. The exterior and interior surfaces are both engraved with an inscription in French which reads as follows:
Exterior: ne vieil autre (‘not wanting another’)
Interior: + cest don damy (‘it is a gift from a friend’).
Each word of the inscription is separated by flowers. The ring is slightly distorted into an oval shape and part of the engraving of the interior appears to have been rubbed away.
The finger-ring is gold and dates from the fifteenth century.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: BM-21419D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval finger-ring with a slender hoop and a bezel in the form of four folded back petals and set with a turquoise. Each of the petals is engraved with a curvilinear design and the shoulders of the ring are incised with two sets of diagonal lines. The engraved decoration is very much worn.
The ring measures 18mm in diameter and 23mm in length (incorporating the bezel). It is gold and dates from the fourteenth century.
J P Robinson
Curator of Medieval Collections
Created on: Wednesday 16th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: BM-1F7A24
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval finger ring formed of a flat band measuring 20mm in diameter and 3mm in height. The hoop is inscribed with the words:
Ave Maria Gracia Plena (‘Hail Mary full of Grace’)
taken from the archangel Gabriel’s salutation to the Virgin Mary.
Created on: Wednesday 16th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Chippenham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: BM-1F3312
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval ring formed of a simple band measuring 6mm in height. The ring has been broken and is distorted, measuring 22mm across its widest point. It is inscribed with letters which are indecipherable. They read as follows:
++ N N * A N V * I N
and may have magical significance.
The ring is silver (analysis indicated a silver content of approximately 97%) and dates from the thirteenth century.
J P Robinson
Curator of Medieval Collections
12th May 2004
Created on: Wednesday 16th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: BM-1B0346
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval finger ring, very much distorted measuring 30mm in length and 16mm across. It is inscribed with the letters:
+ A U E M A R I A G R A T I A P L E N
for ‘Ave Maria Gracia Plena’ (‘Hail Mary full of grace’), the phrase used in salutation to the Virgin Mary by the archangel Gabriel at the time of the Annunciation.
Created on: Wednesday 16th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Owslebury Parish', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: BM-0BFC15
Object type: CHAPE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval chape measuring 33mm in length and 24mm in width. It is very badly damaged but is decorated on one side with five semi-spherical bosses.
The chape is silver-gilt and dates from the fifteenth century, and its precious metal content fulfils the requirements of the Treasure Act in that it is greater than 10%.
J P Robinson
Curator of Medieval Collections
Created on: Tuesday 15th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Poulton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: BM-0BC1A7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval brooch of lozenge shape. Each angle terminates in a concave, circular, gilded knop. A semi-spherical gilded blob is placed along two lengths of the lozenge and two apertures are placed in the same position on the other half of the brooch. The latter may be for the suspension of chains, now lost. The pin is also missing.
The brooch is silver-gilt (it contains a minimum of 10% silver) and dates from the fourteenth century.
J P Robinson
Curator of Medieval Collections
Created on: Tuesday 15th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Damlands', grid reference and parish protected.
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