Record ID: NMGW-C62F33
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval gold ring, dating from the mid-18th, to mid-19th century, c.1750 to 1850. The ring has a fluted bezel which is formed around the ring’s hoop. The bezel is crushed and the stone is no longer present. The bezel measures 3.39mm high, 6.11mm wide and 2.77mm deep. The ring hoop has a current outer diameter (excluding bezel) of 15.83mm and an inner diameter of 13.65mm, it is circular in cross section. The shoulders of the hoop extend from the bezel and gradually taper from 1.26mm in diameter, to the center point of the band, where it measures 0.79mm in dia…
Created on: Tuesday 4th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-1A2539
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Gold fede or fidelity ring. The misshapen hoop is of flattened D cross-section. The outer face is decorated with a floral pattern. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: Let virtue be thy guide, in vertical italic script. There appears to be a touch mark (indistinct) after the inscription. Internal hoop diameter 14.7 x 16.9mm; band width 4mm; band thickness 1.2mm; weight 3.89g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. Summary and conclusions: The style of the lettering, in particular the loops to right on the ascenders on the ‘h&rsqu…
Created on: Thursday 23rd April 2020
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-32905B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description Silver gilt posy ring, very worn on outside but probably once gilt all over. The broad hoop has a plain outer surface, and a flattened D cross-section. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: FEARE + GOD + ONLY, in Roman capitals. Internal hoop diameter 19 mm; external hoop diameter 22.7 X 22.5mm; band width 5.4 mm; band T. 1.5mm; weight 4.77g.
Created on: Monday 8th July 2019
Last updated: Saturday 29th February 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-19DF6E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval silver fede or fidelity ring, very worn on outside but probably once gilt. The broad hoop has a plain outer surface, and a flattened D cross-section. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: I ˣ LIKE ˣ MY ˣ CHOYSE, in Roman capitals. Internal hoop diameter 19.7 mm; external hoop diameter 22.3mm; band width 6 mm; band T. 1mm; weight 4.25g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd August 2017
Last updated: Monday 14th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-6719BC
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Gold posy ring of flattened D cross-section, and slightly mishapen. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text Fear God love me in italic script, preceded with a small rectangular hall mark with the initials AP. The ascenders on the d of the text turn to the left, ending in a small loop. The ascenders on the 'l' turn to right, ending in a small loop. These features can be seen in early eighteenth-century writing guides, such as George Shelley's Penna Volans, after ye English, French & Dutch Way, of c. 1710, and examples of business writing of about 1711 (Whalley 1980, 252-3…
Created on: Thursday 6th October 2016
Last updated: Monday 10th October 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-3C726B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Decorative gold posy-ring (incomplete). The hoop fragment is of flattened D cross-section. The outer surface is cast with a repeating pattern of circular and diamond-shaped cells, the former having small raised quatrefoils, the latter raised single dots. Raised dots fill the field between the cells and the plain borders. The areas between the raised decoration are inlaid with white enamel, most of which is now missing, with intervening raised gold spots and cells. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: FANCI , in Roman capitals. Hoop distorted and diameter unobtainabl…
Created on: Thursday 22nd September 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 15th May 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-4AB918
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Decorative gold posy-ring. The hoop is of flattened-D cross-section, and the outer surface is cast with a repeating floral pattern quatrefoils and other flowers. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: Such is my love, in italic script. Internal hoop diameter 15.7 mm; maximum band width 4mm; maximum band thickness 1mm; weight 2.79g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. Metal Content To judge from its colour and weight and visual comparison with other gold rings and brooches in the collections of the Department of History & Archaeology, the alloy is w…
Created on: Friday 7th August 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 11th August 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-74016A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy finger-ring, probably of 16th or 17th century date The finger-ring is complete but distorted, now oval (24.1mm x 16.2mm and with a weight of 2.3g). The band is flat-sectioned with a consistent width (of 5.1mm and a thickness of 1.1mm). The deeply-stamped geometric decoration is divided into seven repeating panels but of uncertain interpretation. In the interior of the hoop is undecorated. The surface has been stripped with a dark-brown corrosion and traces of gilding surviving the recessed decoration.
Created on: Wednesday 4th March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 4th March 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-7ACC04
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval to modern tin alloy (pewter) decorative ring of uncertain function The ring is sub-circular and is complete and comparatively heavy (with a diameter of 27.0mm - 28.7mm, an internal diameter of 20.7mm - 22.3mm and a weight of 16.0g). The ring is of rectangular section (with a width of 10.3mm and a thickness of 1.8mm - 2.5mm) and is angular. One side is decorated with three raised pyramidical bosses (3mm high). There is a border between each of the bosses and also between the edges of the ring. The ring has no applied decoration. Metallurgical analysis was conducted using…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 22nd June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-4F3F08
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Decorative finger ring. The slightly misshapen hoop is of flattened D cross-section with raised external edges, and has an internal diameter of 17.5 x 20mm. The outer surface is decorated with four plain narrow diagonal bands separated by lines of beading. The band width is 6mm; weight 3.78g. The ring, which has unevenly worn inner and outer surfaces, has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. The decorative style and form of the ring indicate that it dates to the period. 1500-50. Similar examples with zig-zag rather than parallel diagonal banding have been found at Buckingham…
Created on: Friday 9th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 27th November 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-0B1F12
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Decorative finger ring. The hoop is of flattened D cross-section, and has an internal diameter of 19mm. The outer surface is decorated with plain narrow diagonal bands separated by lines of beading. The band width is 4.7mm; weight 4.6g. The ring, which has unevenly worn inner and outer surfaces, has not undergone any cleaning or conservation.
Created on: Friday 15th January 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 4th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-9F38B2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Silver gilt ring in the form of a broad band with single beaded edges. The inner face is engraved with legend LEVE +TO +DYE ♣ in Roman capitals, with crosslets between words, and a trefoil at the end. The hoop, which has a fracture across it, has an internal diameter of 18.6mm. Weight 5.1g. Approx. metal content: silver, 98%; copper, 2%. The ring has a form and style of lettering typical of a 17th-century date. The inscription may be compared to mottoes such as 'Lets live & die in unity', 'Thee and i will louers die', 'thinke on me;' (Dalton 1912, nos 1234, 1300, 1302). The sty…
Created on: Friday 23rd January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 9th April 2020
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Record ID: NMGW3136
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Silver, or silver alloy, finger-ring. Made up of five soldered bands, the central and outer bands consisting of wire twisted into a cable pattern. Modern. Found prior to the Treasure Act.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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