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Record ID: SWYOR-2AEB54
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold and gem finger ring of Medieval date, about AD 1150 - 1500, but most likely to be AD 1200 - 1300. It is a stirrup shaped ring, of angular D shaped cross-section on the hoop, with the sides rising up to a narrow upright bezel which is triangular in profile. There is a pentagonal setting at the apex. This holds a clear blue gem. It is white where damaged, perhaps suggesting it is glass. There is no other decoration, markings or inscription. It is 29.6mm long, 22.5mm wide, 19.7mm internal diameter, 5.4mm thick and 8.1g.
This form of finger-ring was mo…
Created on: Monday 3rd July 2023
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-74106A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Modern gold finger ring probably dating from AD 1800 - 1950, and thus too young to be declared as treasure under the 1997 Treasure Act.
The ring has a flat hoop of rectangular cross-section. It widens and thickens at the bezel area. A separate elliptical decorated panel appears to have been attached to the outer face of the hoop to form the bezel. The panel has a raised rim surrounding a deeply recessed area, which is decorated with flat topped pellets af varying sizes, bordered by spiral filigree wires. The ring is 21.2mm in diameter, 6.6mm wide and weighs 5.48g. There are no …
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2023
Last updated: Sunday 16th July 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-9A0B01
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete gold Brancaster type Roman finger ring with decorated with a square shaped bezel, dating to about AD350-AD450.
The ring is broken and mishapen. The band either side of the bezel is stretched. On one side the ring band turns down 90 degrees before terminating with a break. On the other side the band turns 90 degrees again, though this time the remaining section is bent back on itself. It is not possible to deduce if any part of the ring band is missing, or to confirm its original shape. The profile of the ring band is straight on the inner face and slightly…
Created on: Tuesday 21st March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Cowesby', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SWYOR-9D7CC4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold medieval finger ring with external inscription and foliate decoration dating from AD 1400 - 1500. The inscription is in dense blackletter script and probably reads: Je le veul which is medieval French and can perhaps be translated as "I wish/want it". This can be interpreted as a love motto. The three words are each embellished with leaves and buds and there are three panels of oblique grooves arrange alternately with the words. The hoop is rectangular and flat in cross-section and is plain on the inner face. The hoop is slightly distorted. It is 17.1mm diameter, …
Created on: Friday 2nd December 2022
Last updated: Monday 7th August 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Romanby', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SWYOR-41DB76
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete gem-set enamelled gold finger ring of Post Medieval date, about AD 1550 to AD 1700. The hoop is distorted, the bezel is torn, and the gem is missing.
The box bezel is made of sheet gold and is 3.1mm high and measures 8mm long by 5mm wide. The missing gem would have been held in place by the inturned edge of the bezel. The sides of the bezel are decorated with rounded rectangular vertical indentations, five on each side, which would have been filled with enamel, but this no longer survives. The shoulders of the hoop are openwork and they…
Created on: Monday 10th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Firby', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SWYOR-3EC12E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold and gem (probably rock-crystal) finger ring dating from the Post-Medieval period, about AD 1700 - 1800. The ring has a circular hoop of 'D shaped' cross-section. The outer face is plain. At the apex of the hoop is a large and thick rectangular bezel, with a band of triangular beading round its middle. The bezel houses a table-cut rectangular clear gem, probably rock crystal, which overlies a dark pigment, set on which is a spiral of gold wire. The interior surfaces of the hoop are engraved with an inscription in lower case (apart from the initial lette…
Created on: Monday 10th October 2022
Last updated: Saturday 22nd October 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-BD3897
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold Post Medieval mourning ring dating from 1683. The ring has a simple D-section hoop, with engraved decoration on the convex outer face forming a stylised skull bezel, seen in a three-quarter view looking to the viewer's left along the hoop. The outline of the skull is a V-section groove which runs up the back of the skull in a curve, along the top in a straight line, and curves down the other side of the skull. A straight line along the base has four short nicks at right angles to it, projecting into the face. These probably represent teeth in the upper jaw. The base lin…
Created on: Friday 29th April 2022
Last updated: Monday 31st July 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-3FE3CF
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
A complete gold signet (or seal) finger-ring of Post-Medieval date (AD 1500-1700).
The bezel is oval in shape and sub-rectangular cross-section and is decorated with a heraldic design consisting of a bird facing left (on the impression) standing on a nest in which is a swaddled infant, all in an ornately shaped shield. The motif can be interpreted as the eagle and child, which can be described heraldically as: on a chapeau [gules], turned up [ermine], an eagle with wings extended [or], preying on an infant in its cradle, swaddled. There is a beaded border round the edg…
Created on: Friday 28th January 2022
Last updated: Monday 27th March 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-0D3F85
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Post Medieval gold posy ring inscribed internally 'Noe turtle dove shall shew more love' with a maker's mark, dating from AD 1600 - 1800. The hoop is D shaped in cross-section and undecorated. The inscription is in mostly lowercase italic cursive lettering with long Ss used on 'shall' and 'shew'. The maker's mark is a small recessed rectangle containing the uppercase Roman letters IY in relief. The ring is slightly bent. It has a diameter of 19.7mm, the hoop is 3.8mm wide and 0.98mm thick. 2.1g.
Long Ss were used mainly in the 17th and 18th …
Created on: Wednesday 8th December 2021
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-EC17F8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold and gem finger ring of 'stirrup-shaped' type dating from AD 1150 - 1350. The hoop is D shaped in cross-section. It flares to steep undecorated shoulders and has a solid bezel, triangular in profile, set with a rectangular blue cabochon-cut polished gem with a convex surface. Scientific analysis identified this gem as a sapphire. There is a slight scrape on one face of the bezel. There is a severe dent in the side of the hoop, where it has been bent inwards in a series of right angles from a blow to the side, probably post-deposition.
The external dia…
Created on: Tuesday 19th October 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 14th December 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-78FEDB
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold and copper alloy finger ring dating from 1829. This is a mourning ring, inscribed on the outer face in gothic script: "IN MEMORY OF" and on the inner face in italic lettering "B E Coates Ob' 9 Feb' 1829 a' 48". The outer face is also decorated with two bands of floral and foliate decoration in relief, one each side of the central recessed and inscribed area. A fourth band forms a plain border beyond one floral band, and there is a space for a matching border on the other edge which is missing. The five bands appear to have been made separately. A sixth element is an inner strip…
Created on: Sunday 19th September 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 1st March 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-E01FA4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold finger ring of uncertain date, probably Medieval to Modern, AD 1200 - 2020. It is pointed oval in cross-section, convex on both faces of the hoop, and it is entirely plain. It has a deep yellow gold colour, with some damage in the form of superficial nicks and scratches, and appears to be considerably worn. It has a diameter of 18.8mm, is 1.3mm wide from one side of the band to the other, and is 0.6mm thick from the outer face to the inner face of the hoop. 0.48g.
Similar rings that have been reported previously include SWYOR-3E0E8C (2020 T20…
Created on: Tuesday 31st August 2021
Last updated: Saturday 7th October 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Barton-le-Street', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SWYOR-A52E73
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval gold and gem finger ring dating from AD 1200 - 1500. The hoop is plain, rectangular in section and is fairly wide, at 4.5mm wide at the back, and 8.5mm wide at the shoulder. The bezel is an irregular hexagon, determined by the shape of the cabochon blue gem or glass setting. This is held in place by a collet formed from a strip of gold which has concave outer faces. The bezel is 11.9mm long (along the hoop) and 12.5mm wide and 4.8mm thick. The width includes one of the subsidiary stones set in small circular collets round the main stone. Three survive, but there would have …
Created on: Tuesday 11th May 2021
Last updated: Thursday 31st March 2022
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This findspot is known as 'Aldfield', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SWYOR-34A5B0
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold medieval blackletter posy finger ring dating from about AD 1400 - 1500. It is rectangular in cross-section.
The posy on the external face is in dense blackletter and is extremely difficult to read, but it has been suggested to read "a [...] Cervyr" (an alternative spelling to servir) meaning 'to serve' with the word in the middle perhaps being an adverb or a name. The first letter of the middle word has a florid ornament like a large letter Z, further confusing the interpretation of the letters. The three words are separated by recessed fan shapes, or foliage or wing motif…
Created on: Monday 4th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 28th February 2022
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This findspot is known as 'Sheriff Hutton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SWYOR-146194
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A distorted gold filigree finger ring of late Roman date, AD 300 - 400. It has a rectangular bezel, and a detached translucent white glass or gem setting. The gem is also rectangular, with one flat face and one convex face, but with facets at the sides. It seems a little too small for the bezel, at 8.3mm long, 7.5mm wide and 2.5mm thick. 0.24g.
The bezel is of hollow box constructions and has a back plate and walls made of sheet gold. The walls enclose a flange round the opening to frame the setting, also of sheet gold. On the outside of the walls, about half way up, is a rope ef…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd November 2020
Last updated: Friday 21st May 2021
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This findspot is known as 'South Kilvington', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SWYOR-1E2FF4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Barnsley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval gold finger ring; a posy ring dating from AD 1650 - 1750. The ring is of hollow construction and is D shaped in section, with a convex outer face and a flat, tending towards concave, inner face. The outside of the band is plain.
The inscription is on the inner face and reads "Let Love Increase" in lowercase letters apart from the initial letter of each word. The script is cursive and italic with a long S and is incised into the ring. There is a maker's mark (or possibly the mark of the owner or giver) before the first word. It is the letters P and C in monogram, …
Created on: Monday 28th September 2020
Last updated: Thursday 23rd December 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-FB2051
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval gold and gem seal matrix finger ring dating from AD 1200 - 1300, with a reused Roman intaglio set in the bezel, dating from 100 BC - AD 75.
The ring has a large oval bezel, with the intaglio set in the centre, apparently flush with the surface. It is surrounded by a flat field of gold forming a border on which is engraved an inscription in lombardic lettering: "+ PENSE . DE MOY P:". This translates as 'Think of Me P' in Medieval French; presumably the P is the initial of the owner if the ring was used as a signet ring, or the giver if the ring was giv…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd September 2020
Last updated: Monday 31st July 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-FA9028
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold finger ring (posy ring) of Post-Medieval date (AD 1500-1700). The object is slightly distorted and the cross-section is a shallow D shape. The external surface is decorated with triangular cells that would have originally held enamel. They are arranged in rectangles of six cells, each rectangle divided with a cross saltire and a central vertical. Each triangular cell appears to have a pellet of raised gold in the centre. These cells would have held enamel, but none is now surviving. The internal surface bears the inscription: LOVE HATETH DELAY, presumably an a…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd September 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 8th February 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-4DC98F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval gold and enamel posy ring dating from about AD 1550 - 1700. The hoop is D shaped in cross section and has an internal upper case inscription reading: "• YOVRS - EVER - TO • COMADE (MNSHB)". The letters MA are beneath a breve (a sign which lets the reader know letters are missing), apparently indicating a missing M and N. The last five letters are enclosed in large round brackets, looking rather like a C and a reversed C. The letters are capital and have serifs. The us are Roman Vs and there is a pellet before the start of the legend, with a possible pheon (downward…
Created on: Tuesday 25th August 2020
Last updated: Friday 23rd July 2021
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This findspot is known as 'Harrogate', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SWYOR-38F8C8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval gold finger ring with posy inscription. The exterior of the ring has prominent double ridged borders which are decorated with repeating diagonal incisions. The sunken field between these borders is decorated with lozenges and other incised decorations, possibly foliage. The plain interior of the ring is inscribed with RESPICE + FINEM in serifed Roman capitals, with an inscribed branch. This translates broadly in texts of the period as 'think on the end'/’behold the end’/’remember thy end’/’consider thy end’, an allusion to the…
Created on: Monday 24th August 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd August 2022
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This findspot is known as 'Tuxford', grid reference and parish protected.
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