Record ID: GLO-262206
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but distorted wound wire or 'plaited' gold finger ring of Late Saxon date c. AD 900-1100. The ring is formed of three thick lengths of circular-sectioned gold wire, which have been plaited to form the bezel and shoulders. The strands have been beaten together at their lower edge as can be seen in detail, these terminals would have originally overlapped at the base to form a hoop but the ring has subsequently been opened and straightened, with one of the gold twisted strands becoming broken in the process. Wound wire rings of copper-alloy, silver and gold form are …
Created on: Thursday 26th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tidenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-7CD0D7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE : 2023 T41. Description:  A complete gold posy finger ring of Post-Medieval date, c. AD 1550 – 1725. The posy ring is circular, though now slightly distorted, with a D-shaped section. The outer surface bears moulded decoration comprising five rectangular panels of curvilinear scrollwork and one square panel with comma-like scrollwork. The interior surface of the ring is inscribed with two lines of capitalised Roman text reading "BE TRV TIL DEATHE AND SO // SHAL I’. Each word I separated by a small cross. A vine-like scroll design is present afte…
Created on: Wednesday 18th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 3rd July 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-562CF6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold posy ring dating to the 17th-18th century. The ring is made from a D-shaped sectioned gold band. The outer face is undecorated. The inner face has an incised italic inscription, most of which is in lower case, reading 'Knitt in one by christ alone'. Measurements:  20.87 mm in diameter; band 5.14 mm width and 1.91 mm thick. Weight: 2.91g The practice of exchanging Posie or Posey rings, made of gold more often than silver, engraved with mottoes were popular for betrothals or weddings in England between the 16th and 18th …
Created on: Monday 16th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th March 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-53B8DB
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description:  A complete but slightly squashed Post Medieval cast gold gilt finger ring. The ring is made of a circular hoop squashed into a slight oval shape with an ornamental bezel. The bezel is 6.8mm wide and c17.7mm long. It depicts a pair of clasped hands over a small heart, the top of which projects from the upper edge of the hands. Each hand is marked with an elaborate lace-like ruffed cuff. The hoop extends from either cuff and has a shallow D-shaped cross section with a convex front and flat reverse. The hoop is 2.5mm wide and 0.9mm thick. The interior surface of the f…
Created on: Monday 16th January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leafield CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-EFFE19
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete gold finger ring (Henig II/ Guiraud type 2A) of Roman date (c. 43-200).  Description: The ring is broken at the narrowest part of the hoop, opposite the bezel, and is misshapen. The hoop is pointed oval in cross section, thickening and widening gradually towards the shoulders which merge to create the bezel. The bezel has an oval recess for a now missing setting. The surface of the ring is textured by rippling in the gold as well as scuffing and scratching.  Measurements: Length: 37.6; width (at bezel): 8.5mm; thickness …
Created on: Friday 30th December 2022
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Assington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-EF5BA8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A complete gold finger ring (posy) of post-medieval date (c.1650-1750). Description: The ring is broadly D-shaped in cross section. The exterior surface carries an etched decorative design consisting of two parallel zig-zagging lines which create rows of triangles pointing inwards from both edges of the band. At the base of each triangle is a small punched triangular impression. The inscription on the interior of the ring is in italics and reads 'Though [...]e accept it'. The ring is squashed, obscuring some of the inscription, and is split throug…
Created on: Friday 30th December 2022
Last updated: Friday 19th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Witham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-05F82C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probably complete, but now squashed, gold finger-ring (mourning ring) of early- to mid-18th-century date. It has a rectangular bezel for a now missing setting. The bezel's long sides have been squashed in. The exterior is decorated with a pair of grooves that run all around. The hoop remains attached at one end of the bezel, but has been folded and partially torn at the junction, but has become detached at the other. At the end where the hoop remains attached it has been bent under the bezel, and squashed up towards it. Around halfway along the other part of the hoop has been pus…
Created on: Monday 19th December 2022
Last updated: Monday 13th February 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-74FEFC
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold iconographic ‘Five Wounds of Christ’ finger ring of medieval date, c. AD 1350-1500. Description: The finger ring comprises five equal-sized oval panels with rectangular cross sections interspersed with vertical rectangular bars with square cross sections. It has a plain interior face and decorated exterior face. Although severely worn, each panel features a different incised image. One panel features a central incised heart within a worn scalloped border; another has a centrally incised crucifix; another features some decoration consistent with the Chr…
Created on: Monday 12th December 2022
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2024
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Record ID: CAM-1BD43B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval gold finger-ring of stirrup shaped form with additional decoration on the external surface of the shoulders. This finger-ring is complete and just subtlety squashed out of shape. It weighs 1.37g, has a height of 22.7mm, width of 19.7mm, thickness of 2.3mm. The hoop is a sub-circular shape the base bent over to one side on the plane of the circumference. The base of the hoop has a 'D' shaped cross-section of 0.6mm thickness. To the sides of the hoop the cross-section thickness is 1.1mm. The top of the hoop expands to form a triangular bezel, which accounts f…
Created on: Thursday 8th December 2022
Last updated: Thursday 21st December 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-0B34EE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Case 2022 T1236 A gold finger ring / 'posie ring'/ 'posy ring' with an incised inscription on the interior face and chased and moulded decoration on the exterior dated to the later post medieval period (c. 1650-1750 AD). The finger-ring is formed from a very slight (narrow) D shaped section hoop of gold, originally being circular in plan now a crushed and distorted oval. The exterior of the ring is neatly decorated with evenly spaced hearts and foliate scrolls. The internal surface of the band has an incised inscription in a loose italic hand. In ita…
Created on: Wednesday 7th December 2022
Last updated: Monday 24th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coddington', 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
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Romanby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-8C812A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete gold Finger Ring of Post-Medieval date (circa AD 1650-1750). The object is composed of a circular and which has a pronounced D shaped section. The outer surface of the band is undecorated, which the inner surface bears the inscription: Harts content cannot repent. The makers mark is stamped and reads 'JR' in relief within a rectangular recess. The makers name is unknown (see Goldsmith JR | British Museum) but is believed to have been active during the 17th-18th Century. Dimensions: Diameter: 22.71mm, Width: 4.08mm, Thicknes…
Created on: Thursday 1st December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 26th July 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-8BECF5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete gold Finger ring of later Medieval to Post-Medieval date (AD 1400-1700). The object is composed of a circular band, slightly distorted, likely due to post depositional agencies. The band is D shaped in section, with an undecorated inner surface, and no visible join. The outer surface is decorated with two pairs of raised circumferential ridges and a single, central beaded circumferential band. Dimensions: Diameter: 19.40mm, Width: 3.94mm, Thickness: 0.86mm, Weight: 1.3g Discussion: This ring is extremely similar to BERK-B199E6 (2016 T921). Sadly…
Created on: Thursday 1st December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-8713A7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure case 2022 T1194 Description A complete gold posy ring dating to the post medieval period (c.AD 1500-1700). The hoop is circular and D-shaped in section. The exterior presents incised decoration of floral designs and a hound chasing a hare. The hound is bounding and has pointed ears, long tail and outstretched legs; two small fragments of white enamel survive in the front legs. The hound is flanked either side by a four petalled flower. Following the flowers is two bunched branches with leaves and a four petalled flower with trefoil petals; each flower flanks a bounding …
Created on: Thursday 1st December 2022
Last updated: Monday 18th September 2023
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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: CAM-CAF597
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold posy finger-ring with black enamel inlay decoration. The finger-ring weighs 4.25g. The band that forms the circular hoop has a 'D' shaped cross-section being convexly curved on the outer surfaces. The width of the hoop is 4.2mm and the thickness of the band is 1.5mm. The hoop has an external diameter of 20.1mm. The internal surface of the hoop is inscribe by incised lettering that reads: Doucas Scott ob 16 Sep 1717 ae(ligated) 160(unclear punch-stamped mark). The 'ob 16 Sep 1717' is the date that someone passed away and 'Scott' is…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 7th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-B8CD48
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete mishapen thin gold finger ring, no hall marks or other decoration. Dimensions: Hoop width: 1.3 mm Hoop thickness: 0.7 mm Length: 21.0 mm Width: 16.1 mm Weight: 0.5 g. Discussion: The object is similar in style to LVPL-F848BA, WMID-E6F361, WMID-E6E061 and ESS-F1E6C3. In those cases because the finger ring has no features that would enable a secure date, there is not enough evidence to date this ring to pre-1722. Conclusion: Therefore, owing to its similarity to other rings recorded on the PAS database and the information provided by Judy Rudoe the …
Created on: Monday 21st November 2022
Last updated: Monday 21st November 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-E72D88
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description:  A complete Post Medieval gold finger ring dating to circa 1550-1700. It is circular in plan and plano-convex in section. The exterior edge is plain and there is no maker’s mark. On the interior edge is the inscription: ‘THE x GYFT x OF x A x FRIND. The inscription is rendered in Roman block capitals. Diameter: 17.6 mm; Width: 3mm; Thickness: 1.3mm; Weight: 2.30g. Discussion: Gold posy (or posie) rings were a popular form of finger ring in use between the 16th to 18th centuries AD. Without the benefit of a maker’s mark stamped onto the ring, they …
Created on: Friday 11th November 2022
Last updated: Thursday 13th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whepstead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E725DB
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description:  A gold Post Medieval posey finger ring dating to circa AD 1650-1800. The hoop is D-shaped in section with a floral motif in relief. On the flat inside edge is an inscription rendered in cursive reading: I mourne with silence. Diameter: 17.2mm; Width: 5.2mm; Thickness: 1.6mm; Weight: 3.05g. Discussion: Exchanging posie or posey rings, made of gold more often than silver, engraved with mottoes were popular between the 16th and 18th centuries. Lettering and inscriptions can narrow the dating of a ring, with text comprised of block capitals often earlier in date t…
Created on: Friday 11th November 2022
Last updated: Thursday 27th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.