Record ID: WILT-6D9F1B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Late Post Medieval gold finger ring, dating to c. AD 1800-1850. The hoop of the ring is slightly sub-circular in plan. The bezel has an orange/red glass sub-circular setting, with a slight blemish within the glass. The shoulders of the ring are decorated with a possible foliate design, but this is difficult to distinguish. The hoop has some old damage and there is a seam showing on the exterior of the hoop, caused during the manufacturing process. The interior of the hoop has a folded seam which is particularly in evidence at the base of the hoop, plus there are striati…
Created on: Friday 29th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 26th October 2023
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Record ID: BERK-9D44CB
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold and enamel memento mori (mourning) ring. The ring is a plain band apart from the image of a skull denoted by two eyes, nose and mouth with a circumferential line. The eyes still have traces of black enamel. The mouth is denoted by a series of raised dots representing teeth. The line around the face is misshapen, leaving more blank space inside the line to the left of the face. The inscription inside the ring reads C : Tooker : ob : 23 : July : 1716 : cet : 38 There is also a makers mark of a W before the name. The internal diameter is 19.56mm which equates to a modern U…
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 22nd September 2022
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Record ID: WILT-54BBAA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman gold finger ring dating to c. AD 1-200. The find is much bent and distorted, with a circular hoop of circular cross-section and what appear to be a pair of opposed possible snake heads forming the bezel. max. length of distorted hoop 25.0mm thickness wire hoop (circular sectioned) 1.3mm max setting length 8.5mm (right angles to hoop) max setting width 6.8mm depth setting 2.6mm weight 1.95g Discussion: snake rings are common finds from the early Roman period. This ring appears to broadly conform with the type and would be classified as Johns t…
Created on: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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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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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: WILT-47BD2F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Post-Medieval gold mourning ring, dating to AD 1708. The find is slightly convex on both the inner and outer edges. The hoop is plain, except for a Death’s Head engraved into the outer surface. The eye sockets and the upper row of teeth are portrayed along the length of the hoop, with traces of black enamel remaining in the grooves. On the inner surface is stamped a maker's mark in Roman capitals ‘WC’ within a shield, followed by an inscription in italic Latin: ‘MB obt 29 June 1708 Æt: 31’, meaning ‘MB died 29 June 1708 aged 31&r…
Created on: Thursday 23rd December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 30th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wootton Rivers CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-23A52E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval gold finger-ring of the type known as a puzzle ring, dating to c. AD1700-1900 . It consists of three interlinking gold hoops, each with a sub-square cross-section with rounded angles. The hoops are now bent and slightly mis-shapen, the grooved hoop in particular. This one has tightly spaced transverse grooves around all faces; the other two are undecorated. Each hoop was originally 20.0mm in diameter; total weight: 4.42g Similar puzzle-rings have been recorded on the PAS database, e.g. NMS-8BC638; BH-DCD252 (both with one ring decorated); WMID-68CAA3 and NAR…
Created on: Thursday 9th December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 9th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yatton Keynell CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-981B2F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval gold posy ring dating to c. AD 1750 onwards. It is plain and undecorated on the external surface. The inside surface is flat with an engraved inscription reading Deny not he who loveth thee in italic cursive writing. It is stamped IM in a punched rectangular recess which may have been engraved over (R. King pers. comm.)  Diameter: 21.8mm; thickness: 1.22mm; weight: 2.45g Rachel King (British Museum) comments: ‘Deny not he that loveth thee’ may refer to a spouse, but also to God/Christ, and thus this ring may as much …
Created on: Thursday 22nd July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 5th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as ''Calne Without CP'', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-AB6A04
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval gold mourning ring, with surviving enamel decoration, dating to AD 1673-1674. The ring consists of a triangular sectioned gold hoop, with an exposed ridge of gold, the exterior surface decorated with heavy blue-black enamelling, which is lost in places and a Death’s head in white, which has lost its facial features. The interior of the hoop is engraved, in a curvilinear italic script, with the Latin inscription, 'Animae Vita Mors', meaning ‘The Life of the Spirit is Death'. The hallmark stamped inside the ring gives a date 1673-4. Dimension…
Created on: Thursday 29th April 2021
Last updated: Thursday 30th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as ''Near Devizes'', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-97DA9A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval gold mourning ring dating to AD 1664-1686. The band is plano-convex in cross section, with the exterior face decorated with an engraved skull, the rest of this face being stippled by a lattice of lozenges. The interior of the ring is engraved A B obiit 25 Sept 64, followed by a maker’s mark consisting of the initials TS within a rectangular cartouche. Dimensions: c. 25-30mm in diameter Discussion: This maker’s mark is extremely similar to that seen on a number of posy and mourning-rings in the collections of the British Museum thought to have been pr…
Created on: Thursday 21st January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Ashton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-67D233
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
The ring is a memento mori ring with a hoop of flattened D cross-section. The inscription on the inside of the band gives the date of 13 Jan '97 (century unknown) in italic script, likely 1697. The outside of the band is almost completely plain apart from engraving of a skull. The eyes of the skill are inlaid with a black material, possible jet, vulcanite or black enamel.  Width: 3.78mm Thickness: 1.04mm Diameter: 19.18mm Weight: 2.48g
Created on: Wednesday 26th August 2020
Last updated: Sunday 29th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Berwick St. Leonard CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-6633B7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold Post-Medieval posy ring with D-shaped cross section, decorated on the outside with geometric pattern of ovals, triangles and discs. On the inside is an inscription reading From my afection springeth my affliction. A similarly decorated posy ring in the British Museum (AF.1313), also with an italic inscription on the interior of the band, is dated to the 17th century based on the exterior decoration. Another ring from the collection (1961,1202.459) with exterior decoration like this is dated to the 16th – 17th century. The italic inscription on the Berwick St Leonard ring me…
Created on: Wednesday 26th August 2020
Last updated: Saturday 28th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Berwick St. Leonard CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-23A9B2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small gold post Medieval posy/posey ring, 15.6mm in diameter (internal diameter 13.4mm) with a band comprised of a series of bosses. The interior surface is flat and has the inscription "A FrenDS GIFT" in a mixture of upper and lower case lettering. Circa late 16th to mid 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 18th March 2020
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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Record ID: DEV-B66F21
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A decorative gold finger ring with gemstone of medieval date. The hoop, slightly distorted, is D-shaped in cross section with convex outer and flat inner side. It is decorated on each shoulder with a design of three chevrons pointing the gem and several pellets filling the spaces within them. The rest of the hoop is plain. The ring has a transverse oval bezel with dark red/purple gemstone. The bezel is bi-conical in profile, with both cones truncated resulting in a sub-hexagonal cross section. The back face of the bezel is closed with a raised surface. It has a crack running along h…
Created on: Thursday 19th December 2019
Last updated: Monday 13th February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brixton Deverill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-3B9B84
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold ring made of two strands of twisted gold wire. The hoop is evenly sized all around the circumference and is 1.8mm thick. The internal diameter is 14.5mm. There are no diagnostic marks. The object is most likely of relatively modern date. Diameter: 17.8mm; Thickness: 1.8mm; Weight: 1.64g.
Created on: Wednesday 14th August 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 26th April 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-88F8B2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A late medieval (c.1400-1500) gold finger-ring with a projecting flat, solid, oval bezel and a hoop D-shaped in cross-section (being flat to the inside surface). The bezel is engraved with the figure of St Christopher walking left through water (denoted by wavy lines), holding a staff in his right hand, carrying Jesus as a child on his back, and holding Jesus' left ankle in his left hand. Jesus holds an orb in his left hand and raises his right hand in blessing. The area around these is cut away and retain traces of a dark material, perhaps enamel inlay. The depiction is longitudina…
Created on: Friday 12th July 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 18th August 2020
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Record ID: WILT-3D742A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
2018 T585; Disclaimed, returned to finder. Description: A Post-Medieval gold posy ring. The ring consists of a sub-circular hoop with a plano-convex cross-section. The interior surface is inscribed, in itallics, ‘A freinds gift ~’. The external surface is plain, there are no maker’s marks. Dimensions: diameter 18.5mm; width 2.4mm; thickness 0.9mm; weight 1.53g. Discussion: Posy rings such as this were common in during the 17th and 18th centuries, with the itallic script potentially suggesting a date in the latter half of this range. It can be compared to example…
Created on: Tuesday 21st May 2019
Last updated: Thursday 23rd January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Collingbourne Kingston CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-939BD8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold mourning finger ring that has a D-shape cross-section hoop. On the face of the ring is engraved a three-quarter left facing skull, that has recessed pellet eyes, a pointed nasal cavity in-between; a single row of teeth below for the facial detail and a rounded brain case to the right complete the skull. To either side of the skull is a longitudinal triangle that begins at the skull and points outwards, all three sides of the triangle are embellished with a series of small lines that give the impression of feathering or shading. On the inside of the hoop is the inscription EG: …
Created on: Friday 1st March 2019
Last updated: Thursday 29th July 2021
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Record ID: WILT-A85119
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
2018 T977; undergoing valuation Description: A gold iconographic finger ring depicting St. Margaret. The hoop of the finger ring is broadly sub-trapezoidal in cross section, the outer edge divided into a series of lozengiform panels with chamfered edges; each panel is slightly concave when viewed in plan. Each panel holds one letter of a black letter inscription. The hoop expands into a rectangular bezel, engraved with a depiction of St. Margaret standing left, spearing a dragon at her feet through its mouth. The shoulders of the ring are decorated with a series of longitudinal parall…
Created on: Friday 7th December 2018
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coombe Bissett CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-E8B4E7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A flattened gold mourning ring with a hoop with plano convex cross section 1.1mm thick and 3.2mm in width. The approximate original internal diameter would have been around 15mm. The exterior surface has a stylised engraved skull motif 8.9mm in width but is otherwise undecorated and lacks a bezel. The internal surface is flat and inscribed: FJ. ob 2 Oct 1710. Length 23.2mm, width 3.2mm, weight 2.00g.
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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