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Description: | A copper-alloy incomplete late medieval or early post medieval circa 15th or early 16th century signet ring. Ove half of the hoop is now missing due to old breaks. It measures 23mm in width and 19mm in surviving length. The hoop is rectangular in cross-section and flares into triangular shaped shoulders, which flank a large oval shaped bezel.
The bezel measures 18.9mm by 14.7mm in size. It is engraved with three rectangular possible columns, the central one being just over half the height of the outer two, there is a thin horizontal cross bar across the two taller ones, there are also small dots in the field surrounding them. These possible columns could represent a gateway but no parallel could be found for the design. Signet rings of this date often have crowned intials and heraldic or merchants marks, this design could possibly be either of the latter. | Subjects: | signet | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Minter, Faye - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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