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Description: | This fragment of copper alloy finger ring dates from the 15th or early 16th centuries. Weighing 2.35g and with an overall length of 16.54mm, about a third of the hoop survives with the bezel attached. The hoop is plain and semicircular in section, is 4.98mm in width and is 2.38mm thick. The bezel is subcircular, 12.88mm in length and 11.55mm in width. The bezel is engraved with a circle, within which is a reversed letter S, possibly flanked by palms, though it is too corroded to tell. All breaks are presumed to be ancient. Initial rings are the most common form of signet rings and a good, though not absolute, parallel can be found in Saunders, 1991, Salisbury and South Wiltshire Medieval catalogue, Part 1, page 46, figure 12, number 20.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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