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Description: | Cast copper alloy signet finger ring with oval bezel with incuse lombardic letter 'R' and crown above. The hoop is semi-circular in section, but is mainly missing, as it is broken in half.The bezel is 17 mm long and 11.7 mm wide and 4 mm thick and the hoop is 25 mm in diameter.These types of signet rings were popular in the late Medieval period. "There are a whole series of rings with different crowned initials that date from the late 15th to the early 16th century. The crowned M does tend to be claimed for the Virgin Mary, but not all the other letters are taken to be saints, and may have referred to a family name" (Geoff Egan pers comm).Saunders (1991) ilustrates a similar example from Wilton, Wiltshire, and in the Salisbury Museum collections, on page 46, Fig.12, No.19 which is dated to the 15th century.Egan (2005) illustrates a similar example without a crown from London on page 53, Fig.39, No.236, which is dated to c.1550-1650.
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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