Record ID: BM-D0330C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold Anglo-Saxon finger ring, bezel w. 15 x 16mm; hoop w. 4mm; wt. 5.39g. Ring made in two parts from sheet gold: a plain broad band hoop with a longitudinal row of beaded filigree wire, ending in splayed lozenge-shaped terminals soldered behind the bezel. The bezel is a circular disc with a rim of finer beaded wire framing four collared settings of degraded bi-chrome glass beads. The beads appear to be spherical, one rotates slightly, and their gold collars are composite, each sheet collar carries a ring of beaded wire and an upper ring of plain wire.  The bezel is divided into …
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2022
Last updated: Friday 2nd June 2023
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Record ID: BM-953304
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold ring, formed of a small thin hoop of circular section, decorated all over with engraved cross-hatching containing traces of black enamel. In the absence of anything comparable in the collections this is a difficult piece to place. It may be a fitting of some kind rather than a finger-ring.
Created on: Thursday 21st July 2022
Last updated: Monday 26th June 2023
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Record ID: BM-D83D1C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval silver-gilt iconographic finger-ring, with a two-faceted bezel with crudely engraved images of saints. The figure in the panel on the right appears to hold in her right hand a tower, and may represent St Barbara. The figure on the left is unidentified, and may represent a male saint. The hoop is grooved and beaded in diagonal bands, and the shoulders are engraved with flowers. The diameter of the ring measures 24mm. The ring probably dates to the 15th century. Beverley Nenk Curator, Medieval collections, Department of Medieval and Modern Europe British Museum
Created on: Thursday 30th June 2022
Last updated: Saturday 6th January 2024
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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
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Record ID: BM-B96C16
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold finger ring, now distorted to 27 x (max) 12mm. Flat band, less than 1mm thick comprising six slightly irregular lozenges, each 6mm wide at maximum, narrowing to 2.5mm at the constriction between each lozenge. It is impossible to tell whether the ring was originally spherical or hexagonal. On the outside at each constriction is a slight pyramid shaped rise. The internal surface is rough or unfinished. Weighing 4.20g. Similar examples, although all octagonal and none made of gold were dated to the 3rd or 4th century in Waugh and Goodburn (in S. Frere) 1972, p119, no.27; Crummy, 198…
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Last updated: Monday 28th November 2022
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Record ID: BM-B7E323
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of Roman silver finger ring, wide plain hoop set with a undecorated circular orangey-pink carnelian. Most of the hoop is missing.
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-2523A3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold finger-ring, the hoop is rectangular in section and extends into a flat, oval bezel, the shoulders decorated with marginal notches and incised lines. due to a lack of recognised features, this object cannot be securely dated pre-1704.
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 14th December 2022
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Record ID: BM-14F456
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold finger-ring formed from a sheet strip with ends overlapped by 0.5mm. There is no decoration, but a median crease runs around the circumference. Interior diameter 20 – 20.5 mm, width of strip 5 – 5.5 mm, thickness c.0.25mm. There are many scratch marks on both the inner & outer surfaces. Weight 2.65g. The ring is probably over 300 years old, and has a gold content of over 10%. This is the second object of this type from this location. Alan E West, Curator of Archaeology, Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 1st November 2022
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Record ID: BM-11A5EC
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver ring, the bezel set with a turquoise-coloured stone in a lozenge-shaped collet setting.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-115375
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A thin gold hoop, plain on both exterior and interior, except for the remains of very worn and illegible hallmarks inside, suggesting a date in the 19th or 20th century.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-112FD5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Reading
Workflow stage: Published
A gold finger-ring, with a faceted red stone set in a plain round setting, unlikely to be earlier than the 19th century.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-110BD3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A characteristic Victorian snake ring.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-109438
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
This gold ring has a thin hoop engraved on the exterior with a foliate scroll. The background would have been originally enamelled, but no traces of enamel remain.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-107E5B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
This small ring has a flat section hoop expanding to the front, which is punched with the letters AH flanked by a stylised flower on each side.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-10265A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Small ring, a thin hoop expanding slightly towards a narrow bezel, which has settings for 5 stones: a central red stone flanked by two smaller stones, one red, one colourless. One of the smaller red stones is missing. The sides of the settings contain traces of enamel indicating that they were once enamelled in white, green and a third colour, possibly red or black. The shoulders are engraved with a herringbone pattern and contain traces of white enamel. Metal content: X‑Ray fluorescence analysis at the British Museum indicates a gold content of 83%; Raman microscopy has iden…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-0FEEE1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
This gold ring has a thin flat hoop of even width, inscribed When + this + you + see + remember + mee This is a popular inscription recorded by Joan Evans, in English Posies and Posy Rings (Oxford 1931) in various versions from the late 16th century onwards. The lettering could be late 17th or 18th century, but in the absence of any other identifying features there is not enough evidence to date it pre 1704.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 1st November 2022
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Record ID: BM-0FA2A5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Plain gold band, scratched and worn, with the inscription: true love is the bond of peace. The inscription is recorded by Joan Evans (1931) in a late 16th century manuscript and the lettering is consistent with a 17th century date, but we know that 17th century lettering style continued well into the 18th century from the British Museum's dated sequence of mourning rings. In the absence of marks or any distinguishing decorative feature there is no firm evidence to date this pre 1704.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2023
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Record ID: BM-694AAC
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold posy ring, shallow D-sectioned hoop of constant 2.5-3mm width, with a groove running around each edge on the exterior. There are inscriptions on both exterior (relief lettering) and interior (engraved and enamelled lettering). 17mm diameter, 1.67g. The exterior inscription reads + I LOVE TO FYNDE + in raised but worn letters , starting and finishing with a cross. There is a pellet between the 'I' and 'LOVE', a quatrefoil with central dot between 'LOVE' and 'TO' and again between 'TO' and 'FYNDE'. Traces of b…
Created on: Wednesday 13th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2022
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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-9B35BA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval gold finger-ring, now misshapen. The hoop is rounded on the outer side, and is engraved with a geometric and foliate design, which is now worn. The interior is engraved with the legend: TOUT MA VIE (All my life). The ring was probably a marriage ring. Probably 15th century
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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