Record ID: NMGW-2B30C7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
The reported object is a silver signet ring, now incomplete (part of hoop missing). It has a flat, circular bezel for the matrix, which has the form of a round-petalled quatrefoil within pellets in the inter-leaf spaces, within a single circular rope border. The shoulders are demarcated by simple transverse grooves, and the upper part of the hoop is decorated with triple vertical ridges and a random and unevenly punched pattern of open circles, presumably intended to represent pellets/pearls. A transverse groove and two hatched dashes below this indicate a change in the lower hoop dec…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-2B0CE9
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
The reported object is a fragment of silver gilt 'fede' or devotional ring with a bezel in the form of an angel holding a sacred heart, the angel's right wing being represented by ridges for feathers. The hoop at this pint has the form of a flat band. Height 12.5mm; overall width 8.7mm; thickness 3.2mm; hoop width 5.2mm; hoop thickness 2mm; weight 1.35g. The ring, which has broken into two sections, has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. In terms of design and style of the iconography, the ring is probably of fifteenth- or early sixteenth-century date. A similar bezel f…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-268725
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
Gold decorative ring with central spine of very fine raised pellets, between two raised plain borders. The inside of the hoop is plain. Internal hoop diameter 17.6mm; band width 3.8mm; band thickness 0.6mm; weight 1.76g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. The form of the ring is similar to that of some fifteenth-century gold posy rings which have pelleted bands enclosing mottoes or poesies (such as a ring from Chinnor, Oxfordshire ref. no. 2010T660). A similar band style, with raised mid spine, occurs on a late medieval gold decorative ring found at Jordanstown, …
Created on: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-187C86
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete silver gilt decorative finger ring, bent outwards in the centre of the fragment. The hoop is of flattened D cross-section, within plain raised single band borders. The outer surface has a wide plain wavy band separating beaded panels, between the moulded edges of the hoop. The internal hoop diameter can be estimated at about 20mm; band width 7.9mm; band thickness 2.1mm; weight 3.42g. The ring, which has an unevenly tarnished/corroded surface, has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. The form of the ring indicate that it dates to the fifteenth or early sixteenth ce…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-115DBC
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The reported object is a silver gilt iconographic ring (weight 7.18g). It has a ridged bezel, each facet engraved with three words, each on a separate facet of the rectangular bezel: ihs (between simplified sprigs) ave maria (in Black Letter script) Each shoulder is engraved with sprigs, within twisted volutes, the ridge tops beaded. Externally the lower hoop has the form of a plain rope moulding. The maximum external diameter is 23.8mm; internal hoop diameter 20.02mm; maximum bezel length 11.7mm; bezel width 9.3mm; thickness 1.7mm; minimum band width 3.7mm; weight 7.18g.…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 1st July 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-02EBA6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
central device in the form of a merchant's mark (comprising an encircled cross above interlaced cross stems, between small quatrefoils), within a single rope/indented border. One shoulder is engraved with a tau cross, and a slight depression below may be the remains of a motif. The hoop is slightly distorted, and the shoulder with the tau cross has severe surface scratching. There is a slightly golden colour within border indents which may be gilding, but this is difficult to verify without cleaning. Internal diameter 22.4mm ; maximum bezel width 12.3mm x 14.8; minimum hoop width 7…
Created on: Monday 21st September 2015
Last updated: Monday 28th November 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-B4AAE0
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy finger-ring of stirrup form and possibly of late 12th or 13th century date The finger-ring appears complete but the hoop is distorted (with a distorted overall length of 25.9mm, a distorted width of 20.4mm and a weight of 3.5g). The hoop is of shallow D-shaped section (with a width of 2.5mm and a thickness of 0.5mm) and gradually widens towards the shoulders. The bezel (with a depth of 4.8mm and a width of 7.4mm) is of stirrup form but with a near-circular flat top (5.7mm diameter). The sides of the stirrup appear to have circular recesses or possibly a circular…
Created on: Wednesday 11th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-35459E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval copper alloy seal finger-ring, probably of 15th to 16th century date The finger-ring is fragmentary and comprises the bezel and a small fragment of the hoop (with a surviving length of 5.4mm and a weight of 3.2g). The bezel is circular (with a diameter of 5.2mm and a thickness of 2.3mm). The bezel has a reversed letter 'R' at the centre, at the end of the R is a three-leaved device or Fleur-de-lys and a similar but smaller device near the base of the letter. Before the letter R (when reversed) is an upright with short diagonals on each side, probably another decorativ…
Created on: Wednesday 12th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 12th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-10CD28
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval copper alloy finger-ring of 15th to early 16th century date The finger-ring is of seal type and is near-complete but is heavily-corroded and the band is distorted and broken (with a surviving length of 22.1mm, a width of 26.5mm, an internal diameter of 22.2mm and a weight of 5.1g). The hoop is of D-shaped section and is narrowest at the base (at 3.5mm wide and 1.8mm thick) gradually widening to the shoulders and bezel (with a width of 11.0mm and a thickness of 2.3mm). The shoulders are decorated with a double ribbed moulding, diverging towards the bezel. The bezel is cor…
Created on: Friday 17th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
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