|
Date: |
|
Description: | Treasure Find- 2007- T606
A Medieval finger-ring, set with a hexagonal sapphire in a bezel with a pinched border. The shoulders of the ring are divided into three bands. The raised central band is plain, with a rouletted border, which has worn smooth in places. The two side bands are engraved with flowers and leaves, and would originally have been enamelled. The back of the hoop is decorated with diagonal bands of alternate plain and punched decoration to give the effect of cabling. Inside the hoop is the French inscription
JOYE SANZ FYN
(Joy without end)
The hoop is not circular, but resembles a distended stirrup shape.
The finger-ring is gold and can be dated to the late fourteenth or early fifteenth century. A close comparison to the ring exists at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A M.191-1975) which was owned by William Wytlesey, Archbishop of Canterbury who died in 1374.
Consequently, in terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Dimensions: width 20 mm, height 23 mm.
J P Robinson
Curator of Medieval Collections
28th January 2008
Treasure case- 2007-T606 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | McIntosh, Frances | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
FINGER RING
A silver-gilt medieval finger-ring, broken…
-
-
|