Record ID: NMS-FDD7E8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
 Gold mourning ring dated 23 September 1805. The ring has a wide hoop, of even width throughout but now crumpled in one place. It is decorated on the exterior with a beaded ridge to top and bottom, two plain ridges within this, and a central band of relief lettering reading ELIZ: SHERMAN. DIED. 23. SEP: 1805. AGED. 81 The stops vary, sometimes colons but mostly central pellets. There is a space-filling motif, probably a rosette or flower, between the start and end of the inscription. Although the lettering is very neat, the workmanship is untidy, with lots of engraving scrat…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-C93A25
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold ring, probably a large and heavy finger-ring. It is a plain hoop without a bezel, oval or D-shaped in cross-section with rounded edges; the outer face is more rounded, and the inner face gently convex. The surface is uneven with slight facets, and has some small pits; it may have been cast and hammered to shape. Dimensions: External diameter 25.8 - 26.1mm. Internal diameter 19.9 - 20mm. Thickness 3.6 - 3.8mm. Weight 7.81g. Discussion: The object appears hand made. There are several parallels on the PAS database, all of si…
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-301849
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Gold posy ring. The hoop is of even width and D-shaped cross-section throughout, although with some wear. The curved exterior is undecorated, and worn to a matt finish. The flat interior is more glossy, and has the inscription in neat lower-case italic letters: Let vertue be thy guide.  At the end of the inscription is a stamped maker's mark reading SL within an oval cartouche; it has been stamped so that it is the right way up when the inscription is upside down. The thicker parts of both letters are double-stranded, and there are two small points on the re…
Created on: Monday 3rd July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 27th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-54BB84
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Heavy but small gold finger-ring set with an intaglio engraved with a horse facing right (left in impression). The ring is of Guiraud's type 2c and Henig's type II. The hoop is biconvex in cross-section, flaring from a minimum of 2.6mm wide and 2.2mm thick at the point furthest from the bezel into smooth, undecorated shoulders which in turn swell into the oval bezel. The oval intaglio is pale brown in colour. It is raised from the surface of the bezel and its sides are sloped and rounded, exploiting the layered nature of the stone so that the horse is cut ag…
Created on: Wednesday 4th January 2023
Last updated: Sunday 31st March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-CDAFBE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Large gold finger-ring with internal posy inscription and external decoration. The hoop is of even width throughout, and the exterior has a bold groove around either edge, with a convex surface in between. This is decorated with neatly engraved ornament, worn in places, consisting of oblique reserved strips (strapwork) between engraved lozenges each containing a five-petalled flower or rose in the centre, with stems and leaves filling the narrower corners. The diagonal lines give a twisted or cabled effect to the outside. The flatter (but still slightly convex) …
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 11th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-CED7ED
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold and gem finger-ring, the gemstone held in place by four claws. The circular-section hoop is slender, generally 1.4mm in diameter. It flares upwards and flattens in thickness to a tall stirrup-shaped bezel which is just 0.9mm thick. This has a rounded cut-out at the top which wraps around the gemstone at little to form a pair of claws. At right angles to these are two more claws which are apparently integrally cast with the rest of the hoop. When viewed from the underside, there is no back to the bezel nor any kind of collet wrapped around the stone; the two …
Created on: Thursday 10th November 2022
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2023
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Record ID: NMS-A203FE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold posy ring. The hoop is of even width and D-shaped cross-section throughout, although with some wear. The curved exterior is undecorated, and worn to a matt finish. The flat interior is more glossy, and has the inscription in neat seriffed capitals BE. FAYTHFVL. TO. THY. FREND. The two final letters are ligated.  Dimensions: Exterior diameter, 20.5mm. Width of hoop, 5.1mm (worn in some places to 5.0mm). Thickness of hoop, 1.5mm (worn in some places down to 1.2mm). Weight, 5.5g.  Discussion: This is a fairly small but relatively wide…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 18th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-4875A5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Gold mourning ring. A simple D-section hoop of consistent width throughout, with engraved decoration in one place on the convex outer face forming a stylised skull bezel seen in a three-quarter view looking to the viewer's left. The edges of the skull are each formed from a bold V-section curved cut which bites deeply into the metal. The face is made up of two roughly round dots for eyes, and an inverted V-shaped nose between; this is all set off centre, towards the left-hand cut, giving the impression of the three-quarter view. Below are the teeth…
Created on: Friday 16th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-90F486
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold finger-ring with bezel set with a dark red intaglio gemstone. The gemstone is complete, and although the gold components are now broken and crushed, they are also largely complete. The hoop is made from three strands of beaded wire arranged to form a triangular cross-section, with two strands side by side forming the inner surface and the third strand added in the centre. The third strand, standing proud on the outer surface, is now very worn. At the shoulders, the three strands flatten out and spread, with the central strand butting up…
Created on: Wednesday 27th April 2022
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-7B3A48
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Small gold finger-ring with posy inscription. The hoop is D-shaped in cross-section, with a groove around top and bottom. Between the grooves, the surface of the ring has an evenly hammered surface, as if it has not been polished after construction. The flat interior has an inscription in lower-case italic script, reading If this then me. The engraving of the inscription is black in colour, probably inlaid with enamel, although the actual substance of the inlay is hard to see except on the e of me, where it appears to survive as a bubbly matt substance. Dimensio…
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Costessey area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-64E70B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold post-medieval posy finger ring, now bent into a sub-rectangular or trapezoidal shape. The hoop is D-shaped in cross-section, curved on the exterior with no decoration. It is engraved on the inside, in flowing italic script, Love is the bond of peace. After this is a stamped maker's mark, a rectangular cartouche with widely seriffed capitals reading I K, with a dot between the letters and a small cross after the K, both stops set at a central height. The distortion of the hoop is relatively neat and regular, and appears to have been done …
Created on: Saturday 19th March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 10th November 2022
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Record ID: NMS-D53905
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold ring, probably a finger-ring of unknown date. It is made from thin gold strip, consistently 4.3-4.5mm wide and 0.6mm thick. It is flat on both faces, but more polished or worn on the exterior. There is no obvious seam but there is a slight tear on the inside in one place which might indicate a point of weakness at a join. When found, it was flattened, but has since been bent out to its present irregular shape. It fits neatly and comfortably on a finger, and is approximately 20mm in external diameter. It weighs 2.3g. The ring does not obviously appear modern but there is no e…
Created on: Friday 4th February 2022
Last updated: Monday 28th February 2022
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Record ID: NMS-AC6495
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Small gold finger-ring with enamelled decoration on the outside and posy inscription on the inside. The hoop is D-shaped in cross-section, rounded on the outside and flat or very slightly convex on the inside; it has a consistent width. On the inside is an inscription in italic lettering reading Yours', with a tail after the s which looks like an apostrophe. On the outside is engraved decoration filled with opaque white, translucent green and translucent yellow enamel. The exterior decoration consists of alternating green motifs and white or yellow flow…
Created on: Friday 21st January 2022
Last updated: Friday 27th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-2867A9
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Small gold finger-ring with enamelled decoration on the exterior and an inscription on the interior. The hoop is D-shaped in cross-section and consistent in width. with a slim, flat border around either edge, which has broken away in places. The convex exterior is decorated with a design in panels, each filled with a reserved gold design against a background of black enamel; much of the enamel is now missing. The panels are separated by five slightly taller S-shaped motifs, set transversely so that they interrupt the flat border around each edge. Each&…
Created on: Monday 15th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 24th April 2023
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Record ID: NMS-CF923E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold finger-ring with rectangular-section hoop. The exterior is engraved with a mix of Roman and Lombardic capital letters, reading + SALVZ DE LVI. DVNT. IO MVI. + (Greetings from he whose.....). The letters all have small serifs, and are slightly clumsy in execution. The Z is reversed (like an angular S); the As have straight bars across the top and downward-angled central bars, the E is round-backed; and both the Ds are unusually shaped. The Ts and Ms are Roman in style. Dimensions: The external diameter varies slightly, but is around 19mm.…
Created on: Thursday 11th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 28th November 2022
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Record ID: NMS-328A7C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold finger-ring with decorated hoop, set with a green gemstone. The hoop is D-shaped in cross-section, with a flat interior and a curved exterior. It tapers in width very slightly from 2.2mm wide at the shoulders to 1.9mm wide at the back of the hoop, and is a consistent 1.1mm thick. The hoop is decorated on the exterior with engraved saltires alternating with overlapping punched annulets. This decoration extends from the junction of hoop and bezel to just beyond the widest point of the ring and ends with a neat transverse groove, leaving the rest of the hoop, opposite t…
Created on: Tuesday 28th September 2021
Last updated: Monday 14th March 2022
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Record ID: NMS-771AA7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold finger-ring with narrow rectangular-section hoop, undecorated on the exterior. The ring is now bent. At one point on the hoop there appears to be a scar or crack, with a small extra strip of gold soldered on to the interior, perhaps a repair. To one side of this and perhaps slightly obscured by it is a crudely scratched inscription in hard-to-read letters that run the full width of the hoop. It may start with a cross (emerging from under the solder) and then read K M C S (the C looking like a reversed D). There is then a short gap, then two more letters, C I and perh…
Created on: Monday 14th June 2021
Last updated: Thursday 10th February 2022
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Record ID: NMS-D8F162
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold gem-set finger-ring, now distorted and missing one of the original three stones. It has a narrow hoop with a low D-shaped cross-section, and a square central bezel with torn side walls, now missing its stone.The central bezel was conventional in manufacture, with a gold baseplate and rectangular walls soldered on to make an open-topped box. Each shoulder has a small oval secondary bezel, placed along the axis of the hoop; both are set with dark green cabochon-cut stones or domed glass settings. The surface of the settings is rough, perhaps suggest…
Created on: Wednesday 7th April 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-81472B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description and Dimensions: Small gold object, probably a tiny medieval finger-ring. A flattish pyramidal bezel 5.5mm square, with a very slightly concave reverse and a 1.5mm diameter circular indentation at the apex, forms the decorative centre. The opposite edges each have a very short flaring projection. 2.5mm wide and perhaps 0.7mm long. From the centre of each of these emerges a thin strand of gold, one longer (1.0mm x 0.7mm at the break) and the other much shorter (1.2mm x 0.8mm at the break) which would presumably have joined. The longer strand is bent, but was perhaps original…
Created on: Wednesday 20th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 26th August 2021
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Record ID: NMS-F7910D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold finger-ring. Oval colourless translucent flat-topped glass within a raised box-setting surrounded by a roped flange. Flat hoop of constant width, with two twisted roped wires applied to it and bordered on each edge by finely milled wires. Two globules at junction of hoop and bezel on each side. 4th century. The oval box setting is oriented longitudinally to form the bezel of the finger-ring. It is formed from a strip of gold bent to fit closely around the slightly irregular piece of glass. The 'roped flange' is a piece of twisted gold wire around the base of the box setting.…
Created on: Tuesday 8th December 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 8th December 2020
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Record ID: NMS-D4A66D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval gold finger ring, complete, slightly distorted and sprung apart at a soldered butt joint. The plain hoop is of circular cross-section with no discernible flattening of the inner surface. Probably 18th century but not closely datable and without diagnostic features to suggest that it may be more than 300 years old. A very flimsy piece. Diameter 18 - 18.8mm. Diameter of cross-section 1mm. Weight 0.56g. Finder's no. POD 9/6
Created on: Tuesday 24th November 2020
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2021
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Record ID: NMS-EAE967
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold finger-ring of 'stirrup-shaped' type. The hoop is rounded in cross-section, with a slight seam or crease in places along the centre of the inner surface. It flares to steep undecorated shoulders and has a solid triangular bezel set with a rectangular gem of dark colour (possibly blue) with a shiny, cabochon-cut polished convex surface. There is a slight scrape on one face of the bezel. Dimensions: External diameter (or width of ring) is 21.7mm, internal diameter is 18.2mm. Total from top of gem to exterior at back of hoop, 25.7mm. At the back of the hoop, the mi…
Created on: Friday 13th November 2020
Last updated: Friday 30th April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alby with Thwaite', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-71554C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Small gold signet finger-ring of early post-medieval date. The hoop is D-shaped in cross-section, with the interior flat or very slightly convex and the exterior more strongly convex. It flares from a minimum of 2.85mm wide and 1.4mm thick at the back of the hoop, to vertical shoulders. The bezel is oval and flat, making the ring D-shaped in side view, and is set longitudinally, The arms are quartered and the blazon is: Quarterly, (1) A fess engrailed between three fleurs-de-lis, (2) on a fess between two chevrons a crescent, (3) a chevron between thre…
Created on: Wednesday 14th October 2020
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-8D314E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Gold finger-ring with posy inscription, now bent but still complete. The hoop is D-shaped in cross-section throughout with no bezel. The exterior is convex and the interior is flat, with the inscription I LIKE MY CHOYS in seriffed capitals. The first I is very lightly engraved compared to the rest of the inscription. There are small crosses between the words LIKE and MY (a diagonal cross) and MY and CHOYS (a more upright cross). There is a space-filling branching curved line after the end of the inscription, but still a gap between this and the start. The bends have …
Created on: Monday 21st September 2020
Last updated: Thursday 26th August 2021
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Record ID: NMS-15F76C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold mourning ring of late 17th- or early 18th-century date. The hoop is of even width throughout, and is D-shaped in cross-section. It is decorated on the outer curved face in one place only, forming a bezel, where a simplified skull motif has been added by engraving. The skull is turned in a three-quarter pose, with each side made from a V-section groove which runs across the outside of the hoop in a curve. The face is made up of two hemispherical depressions for rounded eyes, a triangular nose between, and a short oblique groove above the nose. Below the…
Created on: Wednesday 29th July 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2023
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Record ID: NMS-EC2F91
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Gold finger-ring set with a flat-cut stone, probably a carnelian. The hoop is a narrow rectangular-section strip which does not flare to the shoulders, but widens and flattens slightly right at the slightly rounded ends, which are soldered to the reverse of the bezel a short distance apart. The bezel is almost circular, and has a gold backplate to which the ends of the hoop are soldered. The edge of the front of the backplate is covered by a plain wire, with a slightly smaller circle of two-ply twisted wire soldered on its top. The next layer, again sli…
Created on: Monday 27th July 2020
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-3FF8BF
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold finger-ring with posy inscription. The hoop is now bent slightly out of shape but was originally circular; there are a couple of nicks on the edge. It is a low D-shape in cross-section, with a slightly curved outer face and a flat inner face. There is no decoration on the outside. The inscription takes up just over half of the inner face, and reads in seriffed Roman capitals, FEARE x GOD x Dimensions: The hoop measures c. 20 x 22mm and was probably 21mm in original diameter (around 18mm internal diameter). It is 4.5mm wide and 1.3mm thick, and weighs 4.6g. …
Created on: Thursday 7th May 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 15th December 2020
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Record ID: NMS-D5C69C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Medieval or early post-medieval gold finger ring with central blue cabochon-cut stone set in a neat regular hexagonal bezel with points towards the shoulders. The setting has a bevelled edge below and a low collar above. Four smaller cabochon gems in circular settings are positioned in a cruciform arrangement around the central setting. The stones at the shoulders are light green in colour; those along the line of the finger are a light purple colour. All the stones are translucent. The hoop is flat, narrow and delicately proportioned, just 1.3mm wide and 0.4-0.6mm thick…
Created on: Friday 7th February 2020
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2022
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Record ID: NMS-71D15D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description Inscribed gold Medieval to Post Medieval finger ring with semi-precious stone bezel setting and heart-shaped shoulder settings on the hoop. The bezel is set centrally with a four-claw setting retaining a raised heart-shaped dark blue cabochon stone, possibly a sapphire. The bezel is cusped on either side of the setting rising to the shoulders of the ring. The shoulders of the hoop are set with recessed red stones, possibly garnets, in a heart shaped reveal in the hoop. Externally opposite the bezel the external circular shape of the hoop is flattened slightly and is e…
Created on: Tuesday 21st January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 9th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wisbech', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-C7A17E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Sturdy and neatly made medieval gold finger-ring with a transversely set blue gem. The hoop is undecorated and sub-circular in cross-section. It measures 2.2 x 2.0mm at its narrowest and 2.5mm in diameter at the widest point; it then flares smoothly to the junction with the bezel, where the cross-section measures 3.0 x 3.2mm on each side. The interior of the hoop is not smooth and flat but is instead quite strongly curved. Each end of the hoop, at its junction with the bezel, has a thin flat shield-shaped plate across it, with a straight top and sides curving to a po…
Created on: Monday 13th January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 16th September 2020
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Record ID: NMS-212D6B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Small gold post-medieval finger ring with internal posy (also poesy or posie) inscription. The ring is badly distorted, bent across a single axis, making it difficult to determine the exact diameter and the full detail of the posy. The cross-section is D-shaped in the best-preserved areas but more C-shaped elsewhere, suggesting crushing. The posy is difficult to decipher, the beginning being obscured by an abrupt crease in the hoop. The first few letters appear to have been lightly engraved, with the end of the inscription carrying more weight. The letter form of the…
Created on: Tuesday 24th December 2019
Last updated: Friday 8th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Reepham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-8BC638
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A gold finger-ring of the type known as a puzzle ring. It consists of three interlinking gold hoops, each with a sub-square cross-section with rounded angles. The hoops are now bent and mis-shapen. One has tightly spaced transverse grooves around all faces, now worn smooth in small areas; the other two are undecorated. The gold is deep yellow, suggesting it is relatively pure. Dimensions: Each hoop has a cross-section of c. 1.5mm square, and was originally c. 20mm in diameter. The entire puzzle-ring weighs 4.3g. Discussion and Date: Similar puzzle-rings ha…
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2019
Last updated: Friday 24th February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Newton Flotman', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-4FE505
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold finger ring with carnelian intaglio. Sub-oval bezel with a narrow twin raised border stepped down on the inside to retain a terracotta red carnelian intaglio. The intaglio has a finely engraved left facing classical portrait of a bald, laureate and bearded head.The hoop is broken opposite the bezel and both arms have become straightened to either side of it. The arms of the hoop are triangular in section and curve smoothly from the bezel to form a thin narrow band with a central arris uppermost. The intaglio is retained on the reverse by the extended bezel folding in to cup it fr…
Created on: Tuesday 27th August 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 15th October 2019
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Record ID: NMS-4AFCF9
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description Complete, slightly buckled and oblated gold finger ring. The single strand hoop is regularly twisted around its entire circumference. There is no makers mark or casting seam but there is a rather crude transverse butted solder joint with small amounts of surface splatter present on the diametrically opposed inner face. The ring is heavily, but smoothly worn on the outside. Dimensions Length 20.0mm width 16.3mm, thickness 1.8mm, weight 1.2g. Discussion At first glance the ring is very similar to Early Medieval twisted wire types, although these are more typic…
Created on: Tuesday 9th July 2019
Last updated: Friday 23rd August 2019
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Record ID: NMS-77149D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold post-medieval posy ring. Plain 3.8mm wide D-shaped cross-section band. Internal inscription in Roman capitalised text reads; + LOVE * AND * FEARE * GOD *. The posy has a cross potent initial mark and the individual letters are separated by six-pointed stars. No maker's mark. Dimensions: Diameter 22.0 mm, Weight 3.9g. Discussion: As the ring is plain and has no maker's mark the dating evidence is largely restricted to the posy and its form. The inscription is in capitalised Roman script and there is good evidence for this style on posy rings in the early pos…
Created on: Friday 5th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Reepham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E04116
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete medieval to post-medieval gold finger ring. The bezel is oval, mimicking the shape of the stone. The upper half forms a collet with concave sides, open at the top to house an oval gem, constructed in a so called 'pie-dish' style - popular in the thirteenth century. The mouth is now bent out of shape in places. The lower face is divided from the upper by a circumferential ridge, the edges crimped (a feature characteristic of rings from the later 14th century) and has tapering sides and a flat bottom. The setting is a dark pink-red cabochon gem, possi…
Created on: Friday 29th March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-5757B7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Post-medieval gold finger ring. The band is now slightly distorted and exhibits a transverse crack. The exterior is decorated with applied gold filigree and granulation consisting of a series of lozenges formed by filigree wire; within each lozenge is a cross formed of 7 or 8 pellets arranged in a transverse line with a pellet above and below at the centre point. One lozenge appears slightly truncated and has only 6 pellets. Some of the pellets are missing or appear to be positioned slightly off-centre. At the meeting point between each lozenge are two pellets, each with …
Created on: Friday 9th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2020
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Record ID: NMS-601732
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete Roman gold finger ring of keeled type. It has a plain, flat circular bezel with the shoulders tapering to either side. Both shoulders are flat and have moulded scrollwork decoration. At the tip of each shoulder the loop becomes D-shaped in cross-section, decorated on either side with three radiating lines. The loop terminates in an old break on either side. One long edge is squashed and abraded. Dimensions: Length (bent) 31mm, maximum width 8.5mm, minimum width 2mm, maximum thickness 2.5mm, minimum thickness 0.9mm, weight 3.8g. Discussion: This fing…
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 11th September 2020
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Record ID: NMS-5C0A89
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Medieval gold finger-ring with a pseudo-inscription on the exterior face. Narrow circular loop with plain flat inner surface, the flat outer surface engraved with a pseudo-inscription containing a combination of lettering travelling in a combination of conventional and retrograde, the S lying on its side, presumably to fit the width of the hoop. The letter forms appear to vary between Roman and Lombardic styles. Dimensions: Diameter 19mm (internal diameter 17.2mm), width 2.8mm, thickness 0.8mm, weight 1.1g. Discussion: Artefacts such as fi…
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2023
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Record ID: NMS-7A5CA5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold late medieval to early post-medieval finger-ring. It has a rectangular bezel with a raised collet containing a clear grey glass or gem setting, possibly rock crystal. The gem is table-cut and has lost three large chips along one side. The walls of the collet are bent around the gem to hold it in place. They rise from a slightly wider collar decorated with a longitudinal groove. Below this is a larger groove, and then below is the wider base of the bezel which is decorated with a series of transverse (vertical) grooves running around the edge to give a ribbed effect. …
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
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Record ID: NMS-24C88E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of a Roman gold finger ring of Guiraud's (1989) Type 4g. The bezel is missing. The remaining portion of the D-sectioned loop exhibits an old break at either end and has been flattened out. One end remains slightly hooked. At the shoulder are two applied oval knops which would have flanked the bezel on either side. Date: c. AD 43 - 409. Dimensions:Length: 26.9mm maximum width: 6.3mm, minimum width: 3.1mm, thickness (including shank): 2.5mm, weight: 2.4g. Discussion: Similar examples reported as Treasure and recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme databas…
Created on: Friday 7th September 2018
Last updated: Friday 11th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-67FF26
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Complete medieval gold finger ring with glass or gem setting. The bezel is hexagonal in shape with a stepped collet which holds the cabochon gem setting in place. The gem is dark blue in colour, possibly a sapphire, and exhibits two oval chips. The underside of the bezel is faceted, the back of the gem exposed. It is possible that a sheet backing plate is missing. The bezel is 8.2mm long, 7.5mm wide and 2.5mm thick. On either side is a rectangular collar at the junction with the hoop. The loop is D-shaped in cross-section and now slightly distorted out of shape. Dime…
Created on: Friday 17th August 2018
Last updated: Friday 11th September 2020
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Record ID: NMS-2BD4FE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Circumstances: Found whilst searching with a metal detector. Description: Incomplete medieval gold finger ring. The bezel is oval, the upper half forming a collet with concave sides, open at the top to house a missing gem or other setting. The mouth is now damaged and bent out of shape. The lower face is divided from the upper by a circumferential ridge and has tapering sides and a flat bottom. The interior of the bezel is hollow and retains traces of a powdery white substance, probably adhesive for the missing setting. The remains of the loop project from one side of the lower f…
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2018
Last updated: Friday 11th September 2020
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Record ID: NMS-5B55DC
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Post-medieval gold finger-ring with posy inscription. The exterior of the hoop consists of a central D-sectioned strip bordered above and below by a narrow groove, each in turn bordered by a D-sectioned ridge. The hoop is now distorted out of shape, with a number of nicks and dents around both edges. There is no maker’s mark. The inscription on the inside reads, in seriffed Roman capitals, NOT x THIS x BVT x ME. Dimensions: Extant diameter 23mm, width of band 8mm, thickness 1.5mm, weight 5.0g. Discussion: Oman (1974, 40-41), notes tha…
Created on: Tuesday 17th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Norfolk area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-BA6115
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete late early-medieval sheet-gold finger-ring. It consists of a flat pointed-oval bezel tapering into the flat shoulders of the hoop, both now flattened and one bent at a sharp angle. Each shoulder terminates in a jagged transverse break. Punched decoration consists of a border of opposed triangles running around the edge of the bezel and converging to run in two rows along each shoulder. Dimensions: Approximate extant length 36.5mm, maximum width 8.1mm, minimum width 2.8mm, thickness 1mm, weight 1.8g. Discussion: Finger rings of this form are typical o…
Created on: Friday 16th March 2018
Last updated: Friday 11th September 2020
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Record ID: NMS-2E07D4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of punched gold sheet, comprising a flat, pointed oval piece with a jagged transverse break at either end. One face is decorated all over with punched annulets, and the other side is undecorated. Both faces are heavily scratched. Dimensions: Length: 19mm, maximum width: 12mm, minimum width: 4.2mm, thickness: 1mm, weight: 1.2g. Discussion: This fragment is of uncertain function, but feasibly could be from the bezel of an early medieval gold finger-ring. Sheet metal finger-rings with wide bezels decorated with punches are typical of the ninth to tenth centuries in…
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2018
Last updated: Sunday 10th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-8AE27D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Post medieval gold finger ring with “posy” inscription on the inner face. The inscription is in italic script and reads: “I fauer as I find” followed by a maker’s mark in the form of a curved fish or dolphin. The band is D-shaped in cross-section. Dimensions: Diameter: 17.1mm (internal diameter: 15.1mm), width: 4mm, weight: 2g. Discussion: A number of similar examples have been reported as Treasure and a recorded on the PAS database including: GLO-FFA284 (2017 T508) & ESS-757F92 (2017 T59). Two posy rings in the British Museum collections ex…
Created on: Friday 12th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 1st May 2020
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Record ID: NMS-92AAD6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold post medieval mourning finger ring. The D-sectioned hoop, originally circular is now bent out of shape. On the exterior is an engraved human skull. On the interior, in Italic script is the legend: "H F ob 10 Mar 1712 aet 70" followed by a stamped maker's mark: the initials CR in blackletter script within a rectangle. Date c. AD 1712 Diameter: 21mm (internal diameter: 18.8mm), width of band: 4mm, thickness: 1.8mm, weight: 3.3g. A number of similar examples have been reported as Treasure and are recorded on the PAS database including: HAMP-AE9377 (2016 T408), NMGW-03238B (201…
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2017
Last updated: Monday 23rd July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-BE86A6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Post medieval gold finger ring. The hoop is D-shaped in cross-section, convex on the outside and flat on the inside, with a posy inscription on the inner face. The inscription is in a rounded, cursive, informal script and reads: This, & ye giver, thine forever. The ampersand (&) looks like a capital B, and the e of ye is written above the y. There is no maker’s mark visible. Dimensions: Diameter: 21mm (internal diameter: 18mm), width of band: 5mm, thickness of band: 2mm. Weight: 4.5g. Discussion: Two posy rings in the British Museum collections have similar i…
Created on: Monday 27th November 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd June 2020
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Record ID: NMS-AE57CB
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Small gold Post-Medieval finger ring with posy inscription. The ring is 14.9mm in diameter, 3.6mm wide and weighs 1.2g. It consists of a flat D-shaped cross-section hoop with a curved decorated outer surface and a flat inscribed inner face. The continuous external decoration is engraved, probably by hand, and comprises incuse circumferentially aligned lozenges with eight armed linear stars within; the saltire arms of which extend to the border of the lozenge. There are further incuse lines projecting internally from the border of each lozenge. There is a very narrow stepp…
Created on: Thursday 2nd November 2017
Last updated: Monday 27th April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-2087B3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gold gem set finger ring. Double bezel in the form of two oval settings positioned side-by-side. One is set with a red stone (probably ruby or garnet). The stone is cut so that the upper face is flat. The other bezel is set with a piece of turquoise, the upper face rounded. Both bezels have been moulded into a quatrefoil shape by recessing four semi-circles around the edge of the setting. The shoulders taper into the circular hoop, narrowing from a width of 8.5mm at the bezel to 4.1mm at the bottom of the loop. Dimensions: Diameter: 19.5mm (internal diameter: 16.1mm), maxi…
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd April 2018
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Record ID: NMS-C2D929
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Inscribed gold finger ring or mourning ring, with decayed niello inlaid panels and central amethyst setting (diameter of stone 6mm). D-shaped section. The exterior face of the hoop of the ring is faceted being divided into five separate panels. Four of the panels are scroll-like, each with decoration reserved on a field of black enamel, comprising: a winged hourglass; a pick and shovel; a skull and crossbones; a coronet with four six-pointed stars. The smaller elaborately shaped panel at mid-point bears an obscure design, perhaps a flower or seed pod. The faceted inner face of th…
Created on: Wednesday 17th May 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 8th September 2021
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Record ID: NMS-B071CD
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure Case 2017 T446: Description: Complete medieval or post medieval gold finger ring comprising three pairs of moulded hearts joined at the base alternating with three pointed ovals, each bearing a black-letter inscription, possibly ru or rn reserved on a cross-hatched ground. One of the three is to be viewed with the ring turned through 180 degrees. The meaning of these letters, if any, is unknown. The interior of the hoop is undecorated. The hoop is now distorted out of shape. Dimensions: External diameter: 23.8mm, internal diameter: 20.1mm, width: 6.2mm, thickness: 2.5mm…
Created on: Thursday 4th May 2017
Last updated: Friday 30th June 2017
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Record ID: NMS-C3A6EF
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold post-medieval finger ring. It has a flat oval bezel engraved with the design of a bird of prey, probably a hawk, facing right (left on impression) beak open and tongue protruding. The wings are outstretched, possibly in flight. On each leg is a hawking bell. The design is surrounded by a beaded border. On either side the bezel narrows into the hoop which is now distorted out of shape. There are no markings on either the interior or exterior of the band. Dimensions: The bezel measures 17.6mm in length and 14mm in width. Extant diameter: 23.3mm. Internal diameter…
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Smallburgh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-B6D476
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Complete medieval gold finger ring with glass or gem setting. The bezel is oval with a conical collet which holds the gem in place. The gem is dark green in colour and has a small crack or flaw; it may possibly be an emerald. The underside of the bezel is faceted, with a flat bottom. The bezel is 3.8mm long, 3.4mm wide and 2.6mm thick. The loop is lozenge-shaped in cross-section, the inner surface showing slight signs of wear. Dimensions: External diameter: 19.5mm, internal diameter: 18.5mm, width (excluding bezel): 1mm, thickness (excluding bezel): 0.7mm, weight: 0…
Created on: Friday 27th January 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hopton-on-Sea', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-93A6EF
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure Case 2016 T1016. Description: Gold finger ring of medieval date. The bezel is square in plan and trapezoidal in cross-section. It is set with a dark red step cut gem, probably a garnet. There is a small nick on one side of the bezel. The shoulders project from either side of the bezel and taper to the bottom of the loop. Dimensions: Diameter: 17.5mm (internal diameter: 14.6mm), height: 20.6mm, thickness: 1.7mm, weight: 2.2g. Date: c. AD 1200 - 1300. Discussion: A number of similar examples have been reported as Treasure and are recorded on the PAS database, includ…
Created on: Thursday 8th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 4th April 2017
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Record ID: NMS-457D96
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
2016 T914 Description: Gold finger ring with engraved "posy" inscription on the inner face. The inscription is in italic script and reads "A smale remembrance". The outer face exhibits an engraved design consisting of a repeated foliate motif of a three-petaled flower or bud with sprays on either side. This is interspersed with three bees. With the inscription the correct way up, two of the bees are upside down, one is the right way up. There are traces of a black substance, possibly enamel in some of the engraved lines. Date: c. AD 1600 - 1700 Dimensions: Diameter: 16.…
Created on: Thursday 10th November 2016
Last updated: Friday 17th April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-F870EA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Gold post-medieval mourning ring. The hoop is simple and parallel-sided, but is now bent out of shape. It is a thin, low D-shape in cross-section, with flat interior and slightly curved exterior. The exterior  is decorated with a single engraved skull. The flat inner face exhibits the inscription: “In mem of S A ob 20 Apr 80” followed by the stamped maker’s mark S H. The inscription is in Italic script. The inscription reads upside down when the skull is the right way up. Dimensions: Diameter: 21.2mm (internal diameter: 19.2mm), width: 3.4mm, t…
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2016
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
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Record ID: NMS-F8469E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Gold late medieval to early post medieval finger ring. It exhibits a rectangular bezel, trapezoidal in section set with a single oval stone. The stone is a pale blue/lilac colour and appears to be some form of quartz, possibly an amethyst. The shoulders project from either side of the bottom of the bezel and taper from a width of 3.1mm to 1.9mm at the bottom of the band. Each shoulder is engraved with six opposed chevrons, creating a series of three lozenges flanked by four triangles. The topmost lozenge and the triangles are filled with punched dots, creating a stippled …
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 11th September 2018
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Record ID: NMS-F6A7DF
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold post medieval posy ring. The outer face of the band is undecorated. The inner face carries the inscription: · HARTS · VNITED · LIVE · CONENED in Roman capitals. Both of the letter E’s in the word “CONENED” exhibit long serifed tops, indicating that they represent the letters T & E ligated; the inscription therefore properly reads HARTS · VNITED · LIVE · CONTENTED. Dimensions: Diameter: 18.8mm (internal diameter: 17mm), width: 3.5mm, thickness: 1mm, weight: 2.9g. Discussion and Date: The spelling of the word heart as HART in similar short roman…
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 9th June 2020
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Record ID: NMS-B8BCC4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Gold post-medieval posy ring, now squashed and distorted out of its original shape. The edges of the hoop have been shaped, and the outer face comprises ten evenly spaced circular domed bosses, some of which have been dented inwards showing their hollow construction. Each boss is surrounded by a beaded border. There are opposing pairs of small circular domed knops projecting from the edge of the hoop, between each boss. The flat inner face is inscribed Two hartes joynd in one in cursive script. Dimensions: Length: 25.51mm, width: 6.9mm, weight: 2.7g. Discussion:…
Created on: Monday 10th October 2016
Last updated: Monday 14th December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burgh Castle CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-A7B226
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gold finger ring comprising a plain rectangular-sectioned hoop without a bezel. There are subtle indications of a hammered overlapped joint at the start of the engraved inscription. This, retaining some niello inlay and covering the whole of the outer face, reads: + Ð E B A L H G V Ð Ð A N I A E N The letter A has an angled crossbar and a top bar. The letter D with a crossbar on the vertical is the Old English eth. There is a slight degree of distortion. External diameter c.18.5mm. Width 4mm. Thickness of hoop 1mm. Weight 3.51g. Late 11th -13th century. Dr Malc…
Created on: Thursday 15th September 2016
Last updated: Monday 8th June 2020
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Record ID: NMS-26FEF9
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gold finger ring. The band is flat internally, with nine angled concave mouldings separated by segmented ribs externally. Each moulding is engraved with a floral spray consisting of either a pointed flower head on a stem with two pairs of leaves or a five petalled flower above a single pair of leaves, both types with a transverse line with radiating lines below at the base indicating the ground. The type and orientation of the flower heads are arranged (up and down being arbitrary) - pointed down, pointed up, five petals down, pointed up, pointed down, five petals up, pointed…
Created on: Thursday 16th June 2016
Last updated: Thursday 16th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Leigh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-B61D01
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Distorted Scandinavian gold sheet finger ring of the Late Saxon period, with a flat lozengiform bezel and a hoop tapering to missing ends which would have been wound around each other. Punched decoration over all the surviving surface comprises overlapping triangles each containing three pellets and, predominantly in spaces between the triangles, groups of dots. Cf. an examples from Thetford (Goodall, A. R. in Rogerson and Dallas 1984, fig. 110 no. 12) and Beachamwell, Norfolk (Ager, B. in Treasure Annual Report 2004, 67-8, no. 86). Typical of the Middle Viking period (Graham-Campbell…
Created on: Saturday 23rd April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 4th April 2017
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Record ID: NMS-8C2E68
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval gold enamelled finger-ring of flattened D-section, the face of the band has armorial decoration to be viewed with the ring vertically aligned. The decoration comprises f…
Created on: Thursday 21st April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2017
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Record ID: NMS-7A2A3F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold finger-ring formed from two strands of intertwined and hammered wire. One butt joint is visible. The object has been squashed so that small parts of the inner face are touching.
Created on: Wednesday 20th April 2016
Last updated: Saturday 23rd September 2017
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Record ID: NMS-2DDFC8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval or early post-medieval gold posy ring. Very shallow D-sectioned band decorated externally with three rows of stamped square cells leaving a grid pattern in low relief. There is no trace of inlay surviving in the cells. Inscribed internally in roman capitals CONTINV x CONSTANT x. A small worn mark at the beginning of the inscription is probably another x. The ring is now bent out of shape and damaged in several places. Both the external decoration and internal inscription have several parallels including LON-DD00A6 and IOW-1C6D62. Width of band 3mm. Now measuring 24 …
Created on: Friday 11th March 2016
Last updated: Friday 17th April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-21BDCB
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Undated gold finger ring. Sheet band with median repoussé rib. There are at least two transverse creases which may indicate a join but the ring is slightly distorted, making this uncertain. Dimensions: External diameter 20mm. Width of band 7.5mm. Weight 2.29g. Discussion: Images of the ring have been seen by British Museum curators including Gillian Varndell, Neil Wilkin, Richard Hobbs and Barry Ager, and they have concluded that it cannot securely be dated to any particular period. It must therefore remain undated, and so does not fall under the provisions of …
Created on: Friday 22nd January 2016
Last updated: Thursday 4th June 2020
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Record ID: NMS-EDDA0C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold finger ring. D-sectioned band now slightly distorted, plain internally and externally. Measuring (external) 17.5 x 20mm, (internal) 17 x 15mm. Width of band 2mm. Weight 1.7g. Undated but probably post-medieval or modern.
Created on: Monday 14th December 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-8EADF3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gold stirrup-shaped finger ring with blue sapphire or possibly glass cabochon. D-sectioned band expanding smoothly at the shoulders to form the bezel with an oval setting. Height 25mm. Width 20.5mm. Internal diameter 18mm. Weight 2.48g. 12th - 13th century.
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 31st March 2016
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Record ID: NMS-797A7A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gold finger ring. D-sectioned band inscribed internally in italics Tis your consent is my content followed by a partially worn and completely illegible stamped maker's mark. The S of 'consent' is elongated, and the 'e' following it only partially engraved. Width of band 3mm. External diameter 19mm. Internal diameter 16.5mm. Weight 1.8g. There are several similar examples in the collections of the British Museum, including Museum Number 1961,1202.82. 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-FD9EBA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete gold finger ring in very good condition. The hoop is circular, the same width throughout, and D-shaped in cross-section with decoration on the convex exterior. The decoration is incised and punched, and inlaid with black enamel. It consists of four panels of two repeated designs. Design 1 is a rectangle with one forked or swallow-tailed end and one pointed end, forming a pennant shape. The point contains oblique ridges alternating with rows of beading; the rest of the shape is filled with incised plant-like motifs made from short gr…
Created on: Monday 21st September 2015
Last updated: Thursday 9th March 2023
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Record ID: NMS-0E8E47
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gold signet ring. The band is flat internally with three external facets, expanding smoothly through the shoulders before a flat, octagonal bezel. The bezel is deeply engraved with a beaded border around a shield bearing A lion rampant, the helm is unusually small and is crowned with a ducal coronet above which the crest comprises A boar's head couped. There is elaborate scrolled mantling to either side of the helm and shield. On the reverse of the bezel at one edge is a stamped maker's mark: F within a triangle. The hoop is now slightly distorted. Height 20mm. Width 22m…
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
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Record ID: NMS-B4E184
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gold finger ring. The bezel is in the form of an irregular pentagonal collet retaining a pale grey chalking substance at the base, but no stone. The plain, pointed oval-sectioned band, now distorted, tapers slightly from the collet to the rear. There are no marks. Width of bezel 11.5mm x 10mm. Height 7mm. External diameter of ring (reconstructed) circa 20mm. Weight 3.2g. For similar examples see Oman (1974) pl.14, A and B, and pl.18, A, B and C. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Thursday 7th May 2015
Last updated: Thursday 23rd June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scarning', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-D0B0FF
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gold finger ring. Flat-sectioned circular band, with ten opposed concave scallops on each edge creating ten lozengiform panels each of which is engraved externally with a single black letter or star probably reading in French * e n * b o n * a n which may be translated as 'a good year'. External diameter 18mm. Width of band 5mm. Weight 1.42g. 14th - 15th century.
Created on: Thursday 2nd April 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haveringland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-D931D4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval gold finger ring comprising an uninscribed and undecorated D-sectioned hoop. External diameter 17.8 - 19.1mm. Thickness 0.8mm. Width 2.2mm. Weight 2.21g. Not securely datable to 1715 or earlier. Probably 17th or 18th century.
Created on: Monday 9th March 2015
Last updated: Friday 27th January 2017
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Record ID: NMS-D8493A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Composite medieval gold iconographic finger ring with an oval bezel and a D-sectioned hoop comprised of an inner and an outer band. These have sprung apart in two places because of distortion. The bezel is engraved with the figure of St George standing on the Dragon, with a spear held almost vertically in his right hand and thrust down the monster's throat, and with a shield in his left hand bearing his cross. He wears a pointed bascinet, mail coif and plate armour, with the breastplate also bearing his cross. Very few examples of medieval finger rings depicting St George and the D…
Created on: Monday 9th March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 6th October 2015
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Record ID: NMS-CBDF6C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gold finger ring. D-sectioned band, plain externally, engraved internally in italic script In thy sight is my delight followed by a stamped maker's mark consisting of a low relief M within a square punch. External diameter 20mm. Internal diameter 17mm. Width of band 3mm.Weight 1.6g. 1615 - 19th century. Seventeenth to 18th examples with similar inscriptions are represented in the collections of the British Museum (museum numbers AF.1301, AF.1302) but neither with the same maker's mark, while examples with M as a maker's mark but different inscriptions include AF.1280,…
Created on: Wednesday 19th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
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Record ID: NMS-115435
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gold finger ring. Elliptical-sectioned band expanding very slightly from the rear to the bezel which is formed from a D-shaped collet with bi-concave sides, now slightly damaged and empty. The hoop is decorated externally with a zigzag line with multiple stamped annulets filling the resulting triangular fields, separated at either end from the plain rear of the hoop by two transverse lines. The hoop is slightly distorted. Bezel 11 x 8mm. Thickness of bezel 5.5mm. Height of ring 23mm. 12th - 14th century.
Created on: Friday 17th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
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Record ID: NMS-FFED42
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gold finger ring. D-sectioned band, plain externally, engraved internally Continew Constant. There is no maker's mark. External diameter 18mm. Internal diameter 16mm. Width of band 4mm. Weight 2.6g. 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Monday 22nd September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickmere', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-80160D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gold finger ring. D-sectioned band, plain externally, engraved internally MD in irregular or poorly executed roman capitals, with a stamped maker's mark consisting of two worn letters in Black Letter within an oval, T followed by an uncertain letter, perhaps E or D. External diameter 22mm. Internal diameter 18.5mm. Width of band 4.5mm. Weight 5.9g. 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 16th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
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Record ID: NMS-C3580F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Medieval gold iconographic finger ring. The flat-sectioned hoop, now squashed, has zigzag edges and deep transverse grooves giving the impression of two flat bands twisted around each other, which meet the elongated hexagonal bezel without forming shoulders. The bezel is engraved within a single line border around a nimbed saint wearing a v-necked, belted robe with elbow length sleeves, one hand raised in blessing, the other holding a book or box on which sits the Lamb of God looking over its shoulder at a cross emerging from its back. No seals hang from the book. The sai…
Created on: Monday 2nd June 2014
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6201FE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gold finger ring. D-sectioned band, plain externally, engraved internally in italics In thee my choyc'e I doe rejoyc'e followed by a stamped maker's mark of a Q in low relief within a shield. External diameter 23mm. Internal diameter 19mm. Width of band 4.5mm. Weight 6.6g. A 17th - 18th century posy ring with an internal inscription in similar italics in the collections of the British Museum (museum number AF.1197) has a similar stamped maker's mark, which does not appear in any standard work of reference and is therefore not identifiable.
Created on: Friday 16th May 2014
Last updated: Friday 17th April 2015
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Record ID: NMS-0D2960
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Medieval to post-medieval gold finger ring. The oval-sectioned band expands smoothly from the rear to shoulders which flair before narrowing sharply to join the bezel. The shoulders are engraved to leave a foliate design in low relief, perhaps originally reserved on an inlayed field, although no inlay survives. The bezel is in the form of a high quatrefoil collet with scalloped sides set with a pink or red table cut stone (perhaps a ruby). Dimensions: Height 19mm. Width 17mm. Internal measurements 12 x 14mm. Width at bezel 7mm. Weight 2.7g. Discussion: For simil…
Created on: Monday 12th May 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 6th October 2021
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Record ID: NMS-CFF3F5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold posy ring. D-sectioned band decorated externally with a foliate design consisting of two stems each with two pairs of leaves before a flower, originally reserved on an enamelled field of which only a tiny pink trace of which survives. Inscribed internally in lombardic script +CAVE+CVI+CREDAS (be careful who you trust) followed by a foliate sprig. Date: c. early 16th century. Dimensions: External diameter 21mm. Internal diameter 17mm. Width of band 4.5mm. Weight 3.7g.
Created on: Friday 9th May 2014
Last updated: Monday 11th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-CF8A96
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gold mourning ring. D-sectioned band decorated externally with a shallow rib at either edge, between which four oval cells alternate with five quatrefoil cells (resulting in two quatrefoils next to each other). The oval cells contain a raised quatrefoil and the quatrefoil cells a raised pellet, originally reserved on a field of white enamel only traces of which now survive. Each cell is connected to the next by a median rib with two pellets to either side which were also probably reserved on an enamelled field, possible tiny black traces of which survive. The internal Lat…
Created on: Friday 9th May 2014
Last updated: Thursday 1st September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-CE74F5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late medieval or early post-medieval gold mourning ring. D-sectioned band in the form of nine lozengiform panels separated by angled grooves, decorated alternately with reverse S-shapes and angled ribs probably reserved on a field of black enamel or niello, now missing. There are two reverse S-shape panels next to each other. Inscribed internally in Roman capitals * * MEMEN+TOMORI followed by a foliate sprig. Date: The use of Roman capitals for inscriptions on rings was usual in the 16th - 17th century (Oman, 1974, 40 - 41). Dimensions: Width of band 3mm. External …
Created on: Friday 9th May 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2016
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Record ID: NMS-A85804
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete medieval gold finger ring. An oval collet forms a bezel, the upper half with sloping, concave sides, the lower half with flat sloping sides. The narrow, broken and slightly distorted hoop is oval-sectioned, expanding slightly at the shoulders to small triangular bosses at the join between the hoop and the bezel. There is no trace of engraved decoration and the rear of the hoop is missing. When found, the collet contained a red or pink stone, presumebaly glass, which had sunk into the collect. The stone was accidentally damaged and the fragments lost during examination. …
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Friday 2nd September 2016
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Record ID: NMS-065376
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman 'Brancaster type' gold finger ring. Flattened D-sectioned band expanding smoothly to two integral transverse projections which support the separate soldered, engraved rectangular bezel, leaving a transverse rectangular aperture below. The bezel is now slightly distorted at an angle to the band. Internal diameter 13 - 15mm. External width 19mm. Height 18mm. Bezel 7 x 7mm. Weight 3.7g. 4th - early 5th century AD. The intaglio inscription, in three lines, reads (in impression) DOM/NICA/VIVA[S], translating as 'Long life to you, Domnica (or Dominica)'. The name Domnica is atte…
Created on: Monday 24th March 2014
Last updated: Monday 22nd July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Fakenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6AA818
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Post-medieval gold mourning ring. D-sectioned band inscribed internally H. Awdeley. ob. 15. nou. 1662 followed by a stamped maker's mark in the form of a low relief W with another smaller letter, possibly an R, above it within a shield. Two shallow parallel lines behind the text may be guidelines for the engraving. Externally the band is engraved with a stylised skull, either side of which is a single line border at either edge between which is crosshatching with a short dash in one corner of each resulting lozengiform field. Black enamel survives in almost all of the …
Created on: Friday 3rd January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 5th May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Attleborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-BFEEA4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman gold finger ring. Flat-sectioned band expanding smoothly from the rear to the bezel with a separate strip of gold soldered to form an oval setting for a cabouchon stone, probably garnet, which appears black in daylight, but red under strong light. The ring is complete but distorted. Mid - late Roman, 200 - 400 AD. Width at bezel 7.5mm. Weight 4.6g. Original external diameter (estimated) 16mm. For similar rings with flat, expanding bands and separate settings or bezels, see FAPJW-AB59E5, LIN-22EEF2 and NCL-772344.
Created on: Monday 14th October 2013
Last updated: Monday 20th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Ellingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2F0775
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gold finger ring. Flat-sectioned band inscribed externally in black letter: + tut * dys * en * ioye The cross may mark the start of the inscription, with an eight petalled flower or star separating the other words. There is no trace of enamel or niello surviving. External diameter 19mm. Internal diameter 18mm. Width of band 5mm. Weight 2.8g. For similar rings with engraved stars, flowers or sunbursts and black letter inscription see WAW-70FD41, DUR-FA3454, LANCUM-082840, and also ESS-FA2D57 which has a possibly similar internal inscription. Late 14th - 15th cen…
Created on: Friday 13th September 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Foxley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-FC6A81
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval gold finger ring. Almost flat-sectioned band with very slightly convex outer face engraved externally with flowers and leaves. Engraved internally with an inscription Tho far a part yet neare in ♥ followed by a stamped maker's mark, probably SD. Now partially crumpled. Weight 2.6g. Original external diameter circa 20mm. Width of band 4.5mm. Thickness of band 0.5mm. There is an undecorated 17th - 18th century finger ring with a similar inscription (Far apart yet nigh in ♥) in the collections of the British Museum (museum number 1961,1202.221).
Created on: Friday 12th July 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 24th July 2013
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Record ID: NMS-E97505
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval gold finger ring. D-sectioned band, plain externally, inscribed internally ∙ I ∙ LIVE ∙ IN ∙ HOPE ∙ with no maker's mark. External measurements 19 x 20mm. Internal measurements 16 x 17.5mm. Width of band 4mm. Thickness of band 1mm. Weight 3.1g. Very similar to a 17th - 18th century finger ring in the collections of the British Museum (Museum Number 1961,1202.410), with the same inscription, the words of the inscription separated by stars. English inscriptions in roman capitals became more common from the mid 16th century and many examples are known. M…
Created on: Thursday 11th July 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-A901E1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late Saxon (Viking period) gold finger ring. Three quarters of the band is formed from plaited wire, beaten into a rectangular-sectioned bar at the back of the hoop. The wire section of the band is of even thickness throughout and does not swell at the centre or taper towards the rear of the band except where beaten together. External height 22mm. External width 24mm. Internal measurements 18 x 19mm. Width of band at front of hoop 3mm, thickness 2.5mm. Wdth of rectangular section at rear of hoop 2.5mm, thickness 1.5mm. Weight 3.3g. See similar 10th - 11th century examples in the…
Created on: Monday 8th July 2013
Last updated: Thursday 10th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cromer', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6501E3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval gold posy ring. Shallow D-sectioned band now very squashed and distorted, inscribed internally in italics True to thee I [ll ] ever be followed by a stamped maker's mark possibly EBA (?) in low relief within a rectangle. Italics were commonly used for inscriptions in posy rings from circa 1625 to the 19th century (Oman, 1974, 41). Width of band 3.5mm. Thickness of band 1mm. Weight 3.5g.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd April 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
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Record ID: NMS-ED74C3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gold finger ring. Rectangular-sectioned band inscribed externally +JESVS : EST : AMOR : MEVS (Jesus is my love). There are tiny dots stamped in the internal angles of the initial cross and above and below the central bar of the letter E's. The letters E and U (V) are in Lombardic style while the rest of the inscription is in Roman capitals. The relatively modern letter J (rather than I) is also used. There are traces of black enamel or niello in some of the letters. Similar rings are known from the 13th and 14th century (Oman, 1974, pl.55E and F and pl.57A with bezels, and…
Created on: Friday 5th April 2013
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-DACA64
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gold finger ring consisting of an undecorated D-sectioned hoop without a bezel. On the flat inner face a stamped maker's mark JF. 18th century. Dimensions: External diameter 20.5mm. Internal diameter 19.5mm. Width 2mm. Weight 1.68g. The maker's mark is not identifiable with those published in the standard sources, but the closest comparisons suggest a date after 1713. The ring probably dates to later than 1713 and as such falls outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Monday 11th March 2013
Last updated: Thursday 10th September 2015
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Record ID: NMS-A54722
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gold posy ring. The band consists of seven hearts alternating with seven quatrefoils. The hearts each have a groove around irregularly textured centres perhaps keying for enamel although none now survives. The foils are concave with white enamel surviving in some of the upper and lower cells. Inscribed internally A token of the absent followed by a stamped maker's mark; C. Now squashed. 17th - 18th century. Similar finger rings with shaped bands, enamelled decoration and similar motifs are recorded on the PAS database as BERK-BAB9D4 and YORYM-064A27. These parallels w…
Created on: Tuesday 12th February 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashby with Oby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F53081
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval or post-medieval gold finger ring. Hollow, D-sectioned hoop expanding slightly from the rear through the shoulders to an oval bezel with setting for (missing) stone held by four claws, three of which partially survive. The sides and shoulders have an external black-letter inscription, reserved on a field keyed for enamel or niello, now missing. It reads en. bon on one shoulder and ectein on the other. There may be a line indicating a ligated e after the bon. The hoop is now slightly distorted, with several small holes, and damage to the edge of the setting. Height 21mm. Widt…
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2012
Last updated: Friday 21st October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Corpusty', grid reference and parish protected.