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Record ID: ESS-A65AD8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late medieval copper-alloy finger ring, 14th to 15th century. It is in the form of a buckled strap (circular buckle with detail of tongue on hoop) and has traces of gilding. It measures 21mm in diameter, 6mm wide and 1mm thick.
Created on: Monday 9th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-64D0F5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver gilt ring, 15th century. The hoop is formed of two clasped hands and carries the inscription IHC+NAZARENU for 'Jesus Christ of Nazareth'. The ring weighs 5.38g and analysis conducted at the British Museum established the silver content at 93 per cent. Such rings known as 'fede' rings, from the Italian mani in fede ('hands in faith'), were given as tokens of love, engagement or marriage from Roman times up to the 19th century. A considerable number of 'fede' rings have magical inscriptions engraved on the hoop (Oman, C. C. 1993. Victori…
Created on: Friday 6th October 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
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Record ID: ESS-641F62
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval damaged gold finger ring of 13th century date. The ring, weighing 3.44g with an internal diameter of approximately 20mm, is of ‘stirrup-shaped’ design, with a flattened strip-like hoop and a simple bezel originally set with a stone that is now missing. The hoop is broken and the ring is generally plain and in rather poor condition. This is an example of a ring type fashionable from the mid-12th century for about three hundred years. Such rings are known in pewter and copper alloy as well as gold. The Bradwell ring was declared to the coroner under the Treasure proc…
Created on: Friday 6th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-0D77D5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy signet ring, 14th or 15th century. The ring has a large hoop with a D-shaped section, and an oval bezel decorated with a cross and flag motif (merchant’s mark).
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-0D6550
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper alloy signet ring with traces of silvering, 15th century. The ring has a hoop of twisted rope design and an oval bezel decorated with a capital I between sprigs of vegetation. The hoop is broken and split. It has an external diameter of 28mm, is 5mm wide and 3mm thick. See Saunders, P. and L. 1991. Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum Medieval Catalogue Part I, figure12, ref. 17.
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-0C8FD7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy finger ring fragment, AD 50-125. This finger ring has an undecorated narrow hoop of flat section and a white glass setting. It has an external diameter of 20mm. A Henig Type III finger ring (Henig, M. 1978. A Corpus of Roman Engraved Genstones from British Sites, page 38, figure 1).
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-CD7921
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper ring, possibly a finger ring, but very twisted and worn. Uncertain date.
Created on: Friday 29th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-CD1E14
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper alloy finger ring, 12th century. The ring is a narrow flat hoop decorated with a series of single cross patterns separated by bands of knurled decoration. It has a diameter of 18mm, is 4mm wide and 0.5mm thick. The ring is similar to a silver example from the Lark Hill hoard (See Zarnecki, G. et al. 1984. English Romanesque Art, page 293, ref. 320e).
Created on: Friday 29th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-BCE214
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman silver ring of 'keeled design'. In the ‘keeled design’ the triangular shoulders project at an angle to a plain ovoid bezel (Johns, C. 1996. The Jewellery of Roman Britain, pages 48-49). The shoulders are decorated with a geometric pattern in high relief and join the hoop at a marked carination. The hoop has a narrow D-shaped section. The internal diameter of the ring is 15-16 mm, the external diameter (across the shoulders) is 21 mm and the hoop thickness is 1-2 mm. The ring weighs 2.51g. The ring may be dated to the third century AD and is an example of Henig's Type …
Created on: Thursday 28th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-A75438
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy ring fragment. The hoop is sub-rectangular in section with a very slight central ridge on the outer side (which gradiates away down the hoop) and is a broad 10.8mm wide. The ring is broken down its mid-way point and at this point there is part of a sub-rectangular moulding with the surviving shorter end slightly rounded. The outer, upper surface is flat (dimensions: 11.1mm by 10mm) and it is decorated with an incised vertical line and an incised 'X'. On the opposite side of the ring there is a trace of an extension which may have been similar to that on this side? A…
Created on: Friday 15th September 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 21st August 2019
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Record ID: ESS-A724C4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman silver finger ring fragment. Is a Henig type XI. The hoop expands at shoulder and it has an oval bezel, just less than half of which survives and the setting is missing. There are traces of cream cement in the bezel. The hoop measures 6.6 to 10.9mm in width and weighs 1.8g. Henig, M. 1978. A Corpus of Roman Engraved Gemstones from British Sites, figure 1.
Created on: Friday 15th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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