Record ID: HAMP-D6F469
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete Medieval (c. 1150-1450) gillded copper alloy  stirrup-shaped finger-ring  with  a clasped-hand or 'fede' decoration on the band. The thin hoop is D-shaped in cross-section and widens out into the sub-triangular shaped bezel, which has an integrally cast circular copper alloy boss in the  setting where a gem would typically be. The section of the band opposite the bezel is decorated with a well executed pair of clasped hands on the inside and outside of the band. The outside of the band has one hand comprising four entire fingers,…
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
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Record ID: HAMP-B22F80
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gilded late Medieval to early post Medieval finger ring that has been broken and later repaired, with a thin gilded copper alloy band soldered to the inside of the bezel. The earlier ring has a rounded bezel  with a raised cast decoration consisting of a series of oblique lines radiating from the centre of the bezel to its edges, giving the impression of a sunburst or a star. The shoulders slope gently from the bezel to the point where the ring has broken and are decorated with  further oblique lines in two sections.  Bezel measures 17.9mm high,  original ban…
Created on: Friday 8th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-0B9EC2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete medieval gem-set silver gilt 'stirrup' finger ring. The hoop is undecorated, with a plano-convex or D-shaped cross section, and although now broken would have had an internal diameter of approximately 17mm when intact. The bezel is pointed and triangular, 4.6mm high, with a  single setting for a (now lost) oval gemstone measuring 3mm in length and 2.2mm wide. The smooth shoulders of the bezel merge into the hoop. There are no marks or inscriptions.
Created on: Friday 24th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
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Record ID: BERK-5D766A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy and enamel finger ring of Medieval date. The ring is a complete band but is squashed on one side. The band expands to a square bexel with slightly rounded outer edges. The bezel is decorated with a cast cross pattee which was inlaid with black enamel. The shoulders are decorated with chevrons pointing away from the bezel.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd August 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
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Record ID: SUR-C8281C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a late medieval silver ring. The bezel is incomplete but appears to have been flat and lozenge shaped, bearing a panel of incised decoration, possibly comprising a saltire cross on a field of cross hatched lines within a linear border. The hoop has a triangular crossed section (2.1mm thick) and meets the bezel at a stepped shoulder with a flat chevron-shaped collar decorated with a band of parallel incised dashes, arranged in line with the hoop. The inside surface of the ring is flat. There are no maker's marks.
Created on: Wednesday 16th August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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Record ID: WILT-BD6556
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold posy ring with internal inscription and external decoration dating to c.AD 1400-1500. The ring is circular in plan, although slightly flattened, and rectangular in cross-section. The hoop is of even width throughout, and the exterior is decorated with neatly engraved ornament, worn in places, consisting of six-petalled flowers between three-sprigged branches. The gold is yellow and bright, indicating high purity. The inner surface is engraved with two parallel lines running partway round, between which is a short motto inscribed in Gothic or black-letter script. There …
Created on: Friday 28th April 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Breamore CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-4B4C2F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver finger-ring of 12th century date, broken into three pieces and flattened out, with a geometric pattern.  Main square bezel with central cross cleché  within a square that has been decorated with fine incised parallel lines and dots. Either side of the central decoration is bordered by a narrow vertical rectangle with fine incised zig-zags, and quatrefoil designs in which have been decorated with fine incised parallel lines and dots in the quarters. The ring tapers away from the bezel and the reverse features  triangular punched dots surroundin…
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
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Record ID: BM-D744F2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval finger ring, now badly distorted and measuring 21mm across its greatest diameter.  The ring is engraved with the phrase en bon an (‘in a good year’).    The inscription is punctuated with sprigs of foliage. The ring is silver and was once entirely gilded.  The gilding only survives on the interior of the hoop and in the deepest recesses of the engraved design.  Traces of solder can be seen between the words bon and an on both the interior and exterior surfaces of the ring.  It dates to the fifteenth century.
Created on: Thursday 30th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 26th September 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-938287
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval gold finger ring set with a single red cabuchon gem stone dating c.AD 1200-1400. The hoop is circular in cross-section and tapers from the shoulders in thickness and width towards the base. The hoop is penannular and terminates in two angled triangular plates which are soldered to the bezel in a lap joint. The hollow bi-conical bezel is oval in plan and hexagonal in cross section; the upper half slightly concave. In the centre of the bezel is a central setting of an oval cabuchon dark red gem, probably a ruby. The gem has a transv…
Created on: Monday 9th May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Overton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-4D8278
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy signet ring of late medieval to early post medieval date (c. 15th-16th century). The bezel is octagonal, 12.5mm wide and 17.4mm long and inscribed with a seal die comprising a letter I flanked by palm fronds and with a crown above all within a linear border. The hoop has a pentagonal cross section, 3.1mm thick, with a flat inner surface and bevelled outer edges. The internal diameter is relatively large at 22.4mm, suggesting the ring was worn intended to be worn by a man, possibly over a glove.
Created on: Friday 6th May 2022
Last updated: Friday 6th May 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-436072
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An inscribed gold finger ring of medieval date. The hoop is now bent but appears to have originally had an internal diameter of 20mm or more, suitable for a man's finger or for wear over a glove. The hoop has a plano convex cross section, 4.1mm wide by 1.4mm thick with an undecorated exterior. The interior surface has a legend scratched onto it in capital letters which reads: +THEBALGVTGVTHANI (to be read as “THEBAL GUTH GUTHANI”). The second letter G appears to be a combined letter G and H.
Created on: Monday 11th April 2022
Last updated: Friday 22nd September 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-5BD1CA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy finger ring dating to the Medieval period c. AD 1200-1500. The circular band has a broadly D-shaped section. The edges of the external surface of the band flatten slightly and are decorated with a contininous row of impressed notches. The central convex panel is plain and undecorated, as is the flat interior surface of the band. The ring is black/green in colour. Measurements: external diameter: 21.80mm; width of band: 3.38mm; thickness of band: 1.53mm and weight: 1.96g. Discussion: many similar examples are recorded on the database usually with…
Created on: Thursday 31st March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 7th April 2022
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Record ID: BM-99D3E5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval silver iconographic finger-ring, the bezel divided into two facets each bearing the crudely engraved figure of a saint. The left side bears a female figure, possibly the Virgin, the right side a bearded male figure. The shoulders of the hoop are engraved with flowers and foliage. The back of the hoop is engraved with diagonal lines, perhaps to give the impression of a twisted hoop. The ring is distorted and cracked at several points.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Toot Hill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-210B1C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval finger ring of stirrup shape, the bezel terminating in a small, semi-spherical boss. The ring is made of silver-gilt (it contains a minimum of 10% precious metal) and dates from the fourteenth century. It measures 26mm in length and 20mm in diameter across the hoop.
Created on: Wednesday 16th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Exbury and Lepe', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: BM-1FB091
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold stirrup-shaped finger ring with a slender hoop rising to a pointed bezel with a turquoise setting. The hoop is badly bent. Stirrup-shaped rings are so-called due to the shape of the hoop.
Created on: Wednesday 16th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Worldham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-1B0346
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval finger ring, very much distorted measuring 30mm in length and 16mm across. It is inscribed with the letters: + A U E M A R I A G R A T I A P L E N for ‘Ave Maria Gracia Plena’ (‘Hail Mary full of grace’), the phrase used in salutation to the Virgin Mary by the archangel Gabriel at the time of the Annunciation.
Created on: Wednesday 16th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Owslebury Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-905F96
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and squashed medieval (1200-1500) gold finger-ring with a pale-ish blue cabochon gemstone setting (perhaps a sapphire), missing a little over half of the hoop and probably two smaller gemstone settings. The missing part of the hoop has detached from the bezel to one side and the gemstone has a small area of recent damage. The bezel is asymmetrical and hexagonal in shape, with two pairs of short sides between a longer and shorter side to give a more general trapezoidal shape. It is sheet gold and apparently formed around the irregular shape of the smooth but uncut st…
Created on: Tuesday 1st February 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 27th July 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-77069A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete silver gilt finger ring of late Medieval date (c 1400 to 1540). The bezel is rectangular, 13.7mm in length by 7.6mm in width, with a triangular cross section 2.5mm thick. Its upper surface comprises two slightly concave panels meeting at a central ridge, each panel containing an incised stylised depiction of a saint, both of which are facing left in an attitude of prayer, with eyes closed and hands out front, possibly holding palm fronds. The shoulders of the ring meet the bezel with a pointed groove around their upper edges. Each shoulder is flat and pentagonal, tapering in…
Created on: Monday 13th December 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
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Record ID: SUR-E51E68
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy gem-set Medieval "stirrup" ring, 21.5mm in diameter. The bezel is triangular, 3.6mm high, with a small circular setting 3.5mm in diameter for a now lost stone. To either side of the bezel are decorative shoulders which meet the bezel with stepped ridges and constrictions. These ridges are obliquely angled, sloping down from right to left on both sides and have incised decoration running down into the hoop in the form of zig-zag lines between dashed line borders. The hoop has a sub rectangular cross section and an internal diameter of 19.1mm. The surface ha…
Created on: Sunday 12th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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Record ID: HAMP-8A1A3C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged and incomplete inscribed silver gem-set finger ring of Medieval date. The bezel is sub rounded and only slightly wider (4.5mm) than the hoop (2.9mm), with a low (1.3mm thick) setting for a now lost cabochon stone. Traces of white fixant paste remain. The hoop is flat in cross section and expands slightly to meet the bezel with a pair of shallow moulded ridged collars. There are traces of an inscribed legend AM[...] running around the hoop with unclear terminating letter on the opposite shoulder. Length: 19.7 mm; Width: 4.5 mm; Thickness: 1.3 mm; Weight: 0.42 g
Created on: Friday 27th August 2021
Last updated: Friday 19th August 2022
Spatial data recorded.