Record ID: SUR-65D51F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold posy / posie / posey ring of 18th century date. The ring has a plain narrow hoop with D shaped cross section 1mm thick and 2.2mm wide. The interior is inscribed "Love and live Happy" in an italicised script. There is a maker's mark of I.W in a rectangular escutcheon. The internal diameter of the ring is around 20mm.
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 16th February 2024
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Record ID: SUR-DA8C8D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
A gold medieval gem set finger ring of 'stirrup' type, with the hoop expanding to a thickened bezel, 2.6mm wide and 1.2 thick with a recessed oval setting for a cabochon gem of around 3mm length, which is now lost. The hoop is extremely thin at between 0.6mm and 0.5mm thick and 0.7mm wide. It varies from sub oval to D-shaped in cross-section and has been bent out of shape; the original internal diameter was approximately 17mm. There are no marks or surface decoration.
Created on: Tuesday 29th August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-EFA582
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A gold finger ring of 18th century to modern date. The hoop is plain and very narrow (1.6mm wide) with a D shaped cross section 0.8mm thick which has flattened sides. The internal diameter is around 19.9mm. It appears to have been made from a length of metal curved around and soldered to a butt joint which has been filed smooth. The interior appears to have a black (lacquer?) coating. There are no inscriptions or marks.
Created on: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 14th June 2023
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Record ID: SUR-EF8930
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A gold finger ring of 18th century to modern date. The hoop is plain and very narrow (1.5mm wide) with a D shaped cross section 0.8mm thick which has flattened sides. The internal diameter is around 18.3mm. It appears to have been made from a length of metal curved around and soldered to a butt joint which has been filed smooth. The interior appears to have a black (lacquer?) coating. There are no inscriptions or marks.
Created on: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 14th June 2023
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Record ID: SUR-41E30E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold posey (or posy / posie) ring of late 17th to later 18th century date. The hoop has an internal diameter of 19.7mm, and a D-shaped plano-convex cross section, 5.6mm wide and 2mm thick, with an undecorated exterior. The inscription on the inside of the hoop reads As I love thee God prosper me, in italicised lettering with curlicued serifs and a long s. Just before the inscription is a worn partial maker's mark of [...].L (possibly E.L or G.L) within a rectangular escutcheon (2nd image). The incomplete nature of the mark means that a dateable attribution to a known maker is not…
Created on: Friday 17th March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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Record ID: SUR-057600
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold posy/posey/posie ring of late 17th to 18th century date. The hoop is 17.7mm in external diameter with an internal diameter around 15.8mm. The hoop has a shallow D-shaped cross section, 0.9mm thick by 2.1mm wide, with plain exterior; the interior has the inscription A token of good will. At the end of the inscription is a stamped maker's mark within a sub rectangular escutcheon (second image); this appears to be a conjoined monogram GI / GH or possibly CH with the second letter being smaller and unclear.
Created on: Tuesday 14th March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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Record ID: SUR-ED431D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold post Medieval posey (or posy / posie) ring, with a plain gold band of plano convex cross-section, 6.8mm wide, 1.4mm thick and with 18.8mm internal diameter. On the inside of the band is the inscription Be . trve . in . hart . till . death . depart. All lettering apart from the initial B is in lower case. There are no makers' marks. Diameter: 21.9mm; Width: 6.8mm; Weight: 8.8g.
Created on: Monday 12th September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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Record ID: SUR-ED1CD5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete gem-set enamelled gold finger ring, of Post Medieval dating (AD 1550 to AD 1650). The box bezel is made of sheet gold and is 4.7mm high and measures 6.3mm long by 5.9mm wide. It contains a table cut clear transparent solitaire gem held in place by the infolded rim of the bezel. This gem is colourless and is likely a diamond (~ 1 carat equivalent) or possibly rock crystal (quartz), both widely used during this period (e.g Forsyth 2013: p166). Three indents with blue-green enamel infill are present on each long side of the bezel (possibly rep…
Created on: Monday 12th September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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Record ID: SUR-6EA28D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A gold later medieval or early post medieval gem-set ring with a square or box bezel. The bezel is set into the hoop and is 4.2mm wide. The setting is 1.5mm deep but has lost the stone, which would have been held in place by the ridged sides of the box and would have been either cabochon or possibly table cut. The hoop has a triangular cross section, 2.3mm wide and 1.2mm thick and is decorated with two bands of fine transverse oblique ridges. It has been bent out of shape, but would originally have had an internal diameter of around 14-15mm. The ring has patches of coppe…
Created on: Tuesday 6th September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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Record ID: SUR-60B74C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold mourning ring of late 18th century date. The ring comprises a simple hoop, 3.4mm wide and 1.3mm thick with an internal diameter of c. 18mm. The exterior has engraved decoration and an inscription in retained metal which reads: JOHN EDWARDS OB : 1 OCT 1776 Æ 64. There are traces of black enamel around the legend in the incised areas. The margins are beaded on both edges. The interior of the hoop is slightly convex and has two apparently identical maker's marks of JH in rectangular escutcheons.
Created on: Wednesday 24th August 2022
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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Record ID: SUR-23CC4E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
A gold posey / posy / posie ring of post medieval (c 16th century) date with an internal diameter of 18.4mm. The hoop is of uneven width, c.4.8mm wide and 1mm thick with a convex exterior and slightly concave interior surface. The exterior surface is undecorated and the interior has the inscription * LOVE AND OBAYE followed by an engraved bifurcating scroll with a small leaf or possibly a bird above. 
Created on: Tuesday 8th February 2022
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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Record ID: SUR-CA835F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold gem-set ring of Medieval date with an oval cabochon stone which remains in place. The bezel is constructed from gold sheet and is hollow and rectangular, 12.5mm by 11mm with a trapezoidal cross section which expands outwards and is 5.9mm thick. The stone is pale blue, most likely a large sapphire. The internal diameter of the hoop is 19.4mm. The hoop has a D-shaped cross section 1.5mm thick and tapers from the shoulders, where it is soldered to the bezel, around to the opposite side, where is has been deliberately cut at an oblique angle.
Created on: Tuesday 25th May 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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Record ID: SUR-F112EA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete gold gem-set finger ring dating to the Medieval period (c.AD1300-1400). The bezel is rectangular, 5.9mm by 3.8mm and 4.5mm high, with a trapezoidal side profile, widening upwards. The stone is a very deep blue colour, probably a sapphire and is rectangular in shape, cut flat with bevelled sides and a polished upper surface. The hoop is circular in cross section, with an internal diameter of around 18mm. It is slightly distorted and bent on the side opposite the bezel. The hoop narrows in thickness from 1.9mm to 0.7mm as it moves away from the bezel. Length: 22.3mm; Width (o…
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2020
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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Record ID: SUR-07E1BE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete gold 'fede' finger ring of Post-Medieval date with internal diameter of 16mm. The bezel is 5.5mm wide and in the form of two hands, one clasped in the other, over a small heart, the top of which projects from one side. Each hand projects from an elaborate lace-like ruffed cuff. The hoop extends from either cuff and has a slightly plano convex cross section, 1mm thick. It is decorated on the outer surface with a band of two interlacing S-shaped ridges with cross-ties at each node. There are traces of  white enamel on the hands and shoulders. T…
Created on: Tuesday 15th September 2020
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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Record ID: SUR-CF4FC7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold posy/posey ring of late 17th to early 18th century date. The hoop is 20.8mm in diameter, although distorted slightly and with crushing damage to one side.The internal diameter is around 18.6mm. The hoop has a shallow D-shaped cross section, 0.8mm thick by 2.8mm wide, with plain exterior; the interior has the inscription A true frind's gift. There is a stamped maker's mark of K within a square.
Created on: Wednesday 19th August 2020
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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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: SUR-D2B6FE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A gold post Medieval ring with engraved floral decoration all around the hoop. The hoop has an internal diameter of 16.5mm and an external diameter of 19.8mm, with a D-shaped cross section, 3.1mm wide and 1.3mm thick. The decoration comprises a row of flowers with six or more spiked petals and annulet centres from which emerge radiating lines. Within this row of flowers and covering a quarter of the length of the hoop is a bud emerging from a long stem with two flanking pairs of petals. Circa 16th-18th century.
Created on: Friday 7th February 2020
Last updated: Monday 4th April 2022
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Record ID: SUR-5A1A8E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A flattened gold posey/posy ring of post Medieval (c17th century) date, with a hoop of D-shaped cross section, 3.1mm in width and 1mm thick. The exterior of the hoop has moulded decoration with traces of red and white enamelling. The decoration comprises a number of large annulets bisected with a quatrefoil on a field of white enamel; between these annulets are pairs of pellets on a field of red enamel, flanked by small crescents or incomplete annulets with white enamel inlay. The interior of the ring has the inscription + THINKE + ON + ME +. The lettering is block capitals with serifs…
Created on: Monday 20th January 2020
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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Record ID: SUR-16D493
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small gold posey (or posy / posie) ring of 17th to 18th century date. The hoop has an internal diameter of only 14.3mm, suggesting the ring may have belonged to a child. The inscription on the inside of the hoop reads The loue I owe I cannot Show, in lower case lettering with a long s.
Created on: Friday 17th January 2020
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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Record ID: SUR-D0CDD0
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A gold gem-set ring of medieval date with an inscribed hoop, which has become distorted, most likely by post-depositional damage. The bezel is constructed from gold sheet and is hollow and rectangular, measuring 10.27mm by 10.1mm and 4mm thick, with a sub-rectangular cross section. It is flanked by a pair of small flanges decorated with a ridged pattern of small parallel lines. The stone itself is sub-rectangular and has a heavily abraded surface; this damage in the absence of any mechanical abrasion to the gold suggests geochemical erosion and that the material is amber. The hoop, w…
Created on: Thursday 14th November 2019
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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