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Description: | Late Medieval/ Early Post medieval copper alloy finger ring with clasped hands on one side and a mounted rose with a crowned heart at its centre on the other. It is max.24.5mm in diameter from clasped hand to mount (internal 19mm), otherwise 21.4mm in diameter. The finger-ring weighs 4.18g.
The hoop is flat in section behind the hands and slightly faceted in section further on, different from the hands which are rounded and slightly three-dimensional. Each hand has four fingers, and the thumb of the undermost hand crosses on to the other. At the end of each hand is a slight wrist and 1.2mm wide cuff.
Behind the cuff the flat section of the hoop is 4.5mm tall and 4mm long. The hoop maintains its height and width along its circumference. Beyond this the hoop becomes slightly faceted around a single diamond design. The diamond is filled with horizontal incised lines.
Beyond the diamond the hoop becomes flat in section again for 4mm, and this is decorated with c.4-5 longitudinal grooves. On top of this however is the mount which is 14.4mm long and 10.6mm tall. The mount consists of a rose which has had its top and bottom broken with a crowned heart at its centre.
The mount on this ring has clearly been added at a later date than the original date of the finger-ring itself. Though this may not be a huge number of years. It is just possible that the rose represents Yorkist/ Richard III connections/ support, and would have been worn on the inside of the finger to hide this from view, in which case it could be a mourning ring. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Hinds, Katie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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