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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.
Record ID: SUSS-947363
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman finger ring (Guiraud Type 4e; Henig Type Xb) dating c. AD 100-400
Only the bezel survives with a raised circular collet set with a yellow/brown circular cabuchon gem. The collet measures 7.8mm in diameter and 3.05mm high and the domed gem projects above. The upper surface of the hoop at the base of the bezel is plain and undecorated with angled sides; tapering from the widest point each side of the bezel to the worn breaks at the shoulders. The reverse of the bezel is plain and undecorated. The metal has a pale green patina. The yel…
Created on: Thursday 18th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.
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
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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: SUSS-2E9271
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A worn, complete Roman copper alloy octagonal finger ring dating c. AD 200-410.
The hoop is sub-rectangular in section, with a circular flat internal surface and octagonal external surface comprising eight plain facets of varying lengths. The surface is worn and abraded with a reddish-brown patina with patches of light green.
Measurements: diameter 24.53mm (internal diameter 20.28mm), width 4.06mm, thickness 2.10mm, weight 3.62g.
The ring is consistent with Henig's type IX (Guiraud type 9a). Henig (1974, 50) suggests that polygonal rings …
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2023
Last updated: Sunday 10th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: PUBLIC-35C697
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Finger ring dating to the late 19th or early 20th century, made from silver or another white metal with enamelled decoration. Although now incomplete and bent, it was clearly originally very small and quite flimsy.
The hoop is missing a small part at its narrowest part, where it is 2.5mm wide and nor more than 0.8mm thick; the breaks appear fairly fresh. The hoop then flares gently in width to the shoulders, which expand and flatten to form a flat shield-shaped bezel. This is decorated with a shield of arms comprising three diagonal cells part-filled with decayed enamel, with an&…
Created on: Friday 8th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 5th February 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
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: YORYM-0B51D1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper-alloy finger ring of Roman date, c. AD 43-200. Henig Type II.
The object is composed of an oval shaped bezel, set with undecorated blue glass enamel, from which narrowing plain shoulders extend to either side. The band continues to narrow to the reverse and loops completely. There is no decoration visible on the band of the object.
The metal is dark green in colour with a worn smooth patina. The ring measures 15.17mm in diameter and 1.73mm in loop thickness with a bezel measuring 4.58mm in width and 6.09mm in length. It weighs 0.89g.
The size of the ring …
Created on: Friday 24th November 2023
Last updated: Sunday 10th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: NMS-C93A25
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold ring, probably a large and heavy finger-ring. It is a plain hoop without a bezel, oval or D-shaped in cross-section with rounded edges; the outer face is more rounded, and the inner face gently convex. The surface is uneven with slight facets, and has some small pits; it may have been cast and hammered to shape.
Dimensions: External diameter 25.8 - 26.1mm. Internal diameter 19.9 - 20mm. Thickness 3.6 - 3.8mm. Weight 7.81g.
Discussion: The object appears hand made. There are several parallels on the PAS database, all of si…
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'West Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMGW-CE8D4F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Description and identification
The reported object is a cast gold finger ring with stone setting. It has an octagonal hollow bezel tapering upwards to form an oval aperture for the stone. Inside the bezel are the remains of a dark red cabochon stone, now sunken. The band is flat, plain and slightly D-shaped in cross section. There is a small panel on each shoulder, decorated with a series of horizontal chased grooves. The band is misshapen, and the back of the bezel is plain and flat.
Louise Mumford, Senior Conservator-Archaeology and Tom Cotterell, Senior Curator: Mineralogy …
Created on: Thursday 9th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Port Eynon Community', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NARC-8DDE3C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description:
A complete silver Finger Ring of Roman date (AD 43-250). Henig Type II/ Guiraud Type 2d. The object is broadly oval in plan and D-shaped in cross section at its narrowest point opposite the bezel and widens and thickens, becoming lentoid in cross-section at the bezel. The ring's band is plain and undecorated. The bezel retains an oval setting, centrally located with an engraved intaglio of orange stone or glass. The intaglio is engraved with the helmeted figure of Mars Gravidus, advancing left and carrying a transverse spear and trophy. This finger ring…
Created on: Monday 6th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-3D5B90
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description of the find
About half of a finger ring with a flat elongated oval bezel and the remains of plain loop tapering away from the bezel. The bezel is decorated with a crudely scratched motif, probably intended to be a stylized palm branch.
Dimensions: internal diameter 17mm; bezel 11mm (long) by 6mm (wide); weight 1.7g.
Evidence of Date
Good parallels for silver finger rings of this form, with better executed incised stylized palm branch motifs, can be found in the Roman period, second to third century AD. Cf. Blackburn area, Lancashire (Herepath 2005); York (Downes 2007); …
Created on: Thursday 2nd November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'St Nicholas and Bonvilston Community', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LIN-7D5331
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman finger-ring dating to c.AD 43-410.
The object is broadly circular, with a gently keeled/angled loop and above are triangular shoulders. The loop is slightly facetted, with a rectangular cross-section. The aperture is oval. The bezel comprises a slightly raised circle with a central pellet with surrounding incised curvilinear border. Dark brownish-green patina. Guiraud type 2c or 2d. The ring is slightly crushed and incomplete, even so it is quite small in diameter and may have been worn by a young individual.
Length: 19.03 mm; Widt…
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Bourne', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LIN-77D30B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast silver Roman ring with an oval cornelian in the bezel c. 3rd century AD. The loop has prominent angles/keels, above are triangular shoulders. The ring aperture is slightly ovoid, with a ‘D’ shaped profile. The oval cornelian sits within a broadly octagonal bezel (17.8mm x 15mm). The charioteer is driving a biga (a two-horse chariot) to the left, and is more unusual, depicting Cupid rather than the more commonly found Victory variation.
The representation of the charioteer is naively chip carved, characterised by the Maaskant-Kleibrink as ‘i…
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2023
Spatial data recorded.
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Record ID: DENO-10D7DB
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete, badly corroded, debased copper alloy finger ring of Roman date (c. AD 100 - 350). The triangular shoulders and rectangular bezel survive, but are badly corroded with no evidence of any decoration or inscription.
The finger ring shape is reminiscent of a Henig Type VIII.
Length 22.9 mm, width 9.0 mm, thickness 3.3 mm and weight 1.47 g.
Created on: Thursday 19th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 26th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: OXON-7C4144
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A fragment from a medieval gold finger ring consisting only of the bezel and the stone it held. The biconical bezel is oval in plan, hexagonal in cross section and hollow. On the lower edges of the long sides there are the remains of the attachment between the bezel and hoop surviving as trapezoidal projections. To the side of one of these, the frame is cracked and broken missing small fragments of its plate. At top of the bezel is an oval hole leaving space for a cabochon purple gemstone. This is free of the bezel after it was cleaned by the finder.
Dimensions: The…
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Hortum-cum-Studley', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LIN-3B727E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Case 2023 T1022
An incomplete gold finger ring, probably late medieval to early post-medieval in date, c.AD 1400-1600.
The finger-ring is in a poor condition: missing its central inset, the bezel has been damaged and the loop is slightly squashed, probably as the result of plough damage. It has a narrow hoop with a D-shaped cross-section, and a rectangular central bezel. The central bezel has a gold rectangular baseplate and rectangular walls soldered on to make an open-topped box. The open-topped box is decorated with seven semi-rectangles (rectangles with semi-circula…
Created on: Monday 9th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Tydd St Mary', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: OXON-16537C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A fragment from a cast copper alloy Roman finger ring possibly of Hening Type XII/Guiraud type 2d dating to the first and second centuries AD 43-200.
The hoop of the finger ring is plano-convex in cross section, almost sub-rectangular with rounded shoulders which transition into a flat bezel. The hoop is truncated by two breaks and is slightly warped. The bezel is sub-oval in plan narrowing slightly towards the shoulders. In the oval region is a raised circular feature that is 7.3mm long 6.8mm wide and 1.4mm high. The narrow from 6.6mm to 3mm at their breaks.
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Created on: Monday 25th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Aston Rowant CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NARC-46D953
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete gold and gem Finger Ring of Medieval date (AD 1200-1500).
The object is composed of a rectangular cross sectioned band which has been distorted, likely by post-depositional processes. The band expands to raised shoulders and pentagonal bezel which are hollow due to the object’s construction from a folded sheet of gold. The bezel has bevelled edges, with a lower pentagonal linear boarder and is formed by a hollow collet within which is set a red gem (likely garnet), which is irregularly shaped and smooth. The inner surface of the object is s…
Created on: Friday 15th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: NMS-F720E6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gilded silver finger-ring of 'iconographic' type, with clasped hands on the hoop. It is a fairly large ring, with the hoop generally of D-shaped cross-section. The gilding survives very well on both interior and exterior, with just a few areas (mainly around the edges) worn to show the underlying silver.
The bezel is roughly triangular in cross-section, and is divided into two longitudinal concave fields with a central ridge. Each field is decorated with a crudely engraved human figure in three-quarter pose looking slightly towards the central ridge. They see…
Created on: Wednesday 30th August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.
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