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Description: | Surface metal analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate silver content for the ring fragment of 90-94%, the rest being copper; it weighs 2.1 grams.The ring has a flat, sub-circular, slightly convex bezel with narrow stubs of the ends of the hoop on either side; the rest of the hoop is missing; diameter, 16 mm (max); width, 24 mm. The bezel is decorated with a hexagonal border of two rows of punched, back-to-back trapezoid stamps, leaving a plain rib between the rows and enclosing a central cross of similar work with double punches between the arms. The ends of the hoop are also punched, apparently with the same stamp, but the pattern is obscured by wear. A short bar stamp appears to have been used to produce the ornament (cf. J. Graham-Campbell, 1995, The Viking-Age Gold and Silver of Scotland, National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, fig. 28, no. 46).Although the stamp designs are different, the general style of decoration is comparable with a Viking silver ring from Seething, Norfolk, which appears also to have a central cross and dates to the late 9th-10th century (Treasure Annual Report 2005-6, no. 216).The ring from Weston Colville would therefore qualify as Treasure under two of the stipulated criteria of the Treasure Act: it is more than 300 years old and the precious metal content exceeds 10%.
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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