Record ID: ESS-8442D8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast gold inscribed 'posy' (or ‘posie’)-type finger-ring of post-medieval date c.1600-1800 Description: The hoop, once circular in plan, is now bent slightly and D-shaped in cross-section. The exteriror surface is plain while the interiror is engraved with an inscription. The inscription, which runs around the internal circumference, is in lower case, italic and reads 'Hope is all my comfort’. There is a visible makers mark which is unidentifiable. Measurements: length: 24.2mm; width: 3.9mm; thickness: 1.3mm; weight: 4.03g Discussio…
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
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Record ID: WMID-DEC2E2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A thin, plain, gold Post Medieval finger ring dating circa AD 1724 - 2000.  The ring is severely bent and mis-shapen, becoming sub-anular in plan, U-shaped in profile and D-shaped in cross-section. The surface of the ring is a uniform and even gold colour, with no decoration present. There is a surface break visible near one of the bend points. Measurements: Length: 16.3mm Width: 11.4mm Thickness of band: 1.4mm Weight: 0.6g Due to the undecorated nature of this band, it is challenging to date this ring with any certainty. Bands of a similar style have be…
Created on: Tuesday 27th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-7222BE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Published
Description & identification The reported object is a decorative gold posy ring. The ring consists of a thin gold band, D-shaped in section, with a tightly set repeating pattern of tooled S-shaped indentations on the external surface, possibly for enamel, although none appears to have survived. The internal surface in engraved with an inscription which reads ‘Though absent yet constant’ in italic letters in sentence case. The ring profile is slightly misshapen.  Measurements  External diameter: 19.5 x 18.7 mm Internal diameter: 17.5 x 16.5 mm Depth: 2.4 mm Ba…
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llanddyfnan Community', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: PAS-755C62
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval finger ring, of stirrup shape. The hoop is slightly distorted and abraded along its edges. The ring is set with a roughly rectangular stone, which is held in place by two claws. The ring is gold, and dates from the 13th century. The stone is blue, and is a sapphire. Surface analysis indicated gold and silver contents of approximately 73–76% and 16–18% respectively, and confirmed the gemstone Dimensions: length 25 mm, width 20 mm It has been published in the Treasure Annual Report 2005/6 (p. 115, no. 403)
Created on: Saturday 10th February 2024
Last updated: Saturday 10th February 2024
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Record ID: PAS-7555B5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval finger ring of iconographic type.  The bezel is hexagonal and contains a depiction of God the Father holding the figure of Christ on the Cross.  This was the conventional way to portray the Trinity in the late medieval period, though the dove representing the Holy Spirit seems to be absent. The hoop of the ring is twisted.  The twists closest to the bezel are engraved with seven five-petalled flowers and a lupin (?).  The five-petalled flower is a recognised reference to the five wounds of Christ and the number seven may be an allusion to the seven sorro…
Created on: Saturday 10th February 2024
Last updated: Saturday 10th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North of Colchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-12FB4B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval  'memento mori' ring, to commerorate Penelope Clevland (died 3rd December 1746). While the majority of 'memento mori' rings tend to refer to the deceased by initials and death only, this ring mentions the deceased's name in full, which is usually the case for people of note/influence. Dimensions: External diameter, 19.6mm. Internal diameter, 16mm. Thickness (average), 1.8mm. Weight: 3.5g. Other 'memento mori' rings on the database which feature the deceased's full name can be found at: Record ID: CORN-698709 - POST M…
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutcombe Parish, Devon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-912302
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold finger ring of Post Medieval to Modern date (c. AD 1700-2000). The finger ring is made from a single strand of gold wire, regularly twisted around its entire circumference and with both ends joined by solder. There is very little wear on the ring and there are no maker's marks or hallmarks. The band has a regular width of c. 1.17mm and regular thickness of c. 1.15mm. The ring is slightly bent so that it is sub-circular to sub-oval in plan rather than being entirely circular. Dimensions. Length: 17.94mm. Width: 1.17mm. Thickness: 1.15mm. Height: 18.59mm. Weight: 0.56g. Dis…
Created on: Thursday 18th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
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Record ID: WREX-90A174
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Description The ring is a memento mori ring with a flat bezel in the form of a central square, each side having a projecting semi-circular lobe engraved with a leaf, to form a quatrefoil design. The outer surface of the bezel square is engraved with a death’s head (a skull), inlaid with traces of white enamel, surrounded by the inscription: + Memento Mori, in small neat italic script. The shoulders are cast with scrolls in green enamel, with white enamel ‘stems’ below. Much of the inscription and engraved design remains infilled with soil, and it is not clear whether…
Created on: Thursday 18th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carreghofa', grid reference and parish protected.

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: 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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