Record ID: SF-698D33
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A gold finger ring of Post-Medieval date. It has a plain hoop measuring 20.6mm in external diameter, 16.97mm in internal diameter, and the hoop width 5.5mm. It weighs 7.01g. There is an inscription on the inside of the hoop which reads:" As true to the as death to me ,". Judoe Rudoe, BM, notes that the inscription was in use by 1624 (recorded by Joan Evans) but there is no datable maker's mark, and the ring could be 17th or 18th century in date. The inscription is probably not a mourning one in the sense of commemorating a deceased person but rather a memento mori or reminder of death.
Created on: Wednesday 4th June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2E93F5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
a complete gold Post-Medieval finger ring. The hoop is circular and D-shaped. It is a Posy ring and has two motifs, each repeated once on the opposite side of the hoop and separated by a pattern of three leaves on a stalk. The motifs are formed by incised line decoration and depict a) a lozenge-shape flanked by linked curved lines, one of which has a white metal infill and the other is plain; b)a pair of inter-linked hearts. The four leaf patterns between the four motifs have part green and part bronze-coloured infill. On the inside of the hoop there is an inscription which reads 'I …
Created on: Thursday 8th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fressingfield', grid reference and parish protected.