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Description: | Medieval gilt finger ring, cast D-sectioned band with the head of a grotesque serpent projecting forward and down forming a prominent bezel, with the larger of two eyes set with a green glass pellet (the other is smaller and might have always been empty), bared fangs and body looped around the band with the tail above the serpents head on a background of engraved vertical lines. The back part of the band tapers on both sides to a rounded terminal at the break. Internal diameter 17mm. Maximum height including head 13mm.
Animal-heads are commonly found on 12th-century Romanesque metalwork (cf. Stratford in Zarnecki (1984), 250-1, nos.250-4 and Hinton (2005), fig.6.3. However, the manner in which the serpent with its large head is employed in this case is most unusual, as Romanesque rings are more commonly of the ??stirrup-shaped?? type or have more conventional oval or rectangular bezels with stone or glass settings (cf. Stratford in Zarnecki et al. (1984), 290-1, nos.311-17. 12th century. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Robbins, Katherine - Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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