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Description: | A copper-alloy finger ring, which cannot be more closely dated than circa 1400-1700. This ring has an almost circular hoop with the flat, rectangular bezel forming an integral part of the ring. The hoop is thick, getting thicker towards the bezel. The hoop is at its thinnest opposite the bezel. The width measurement given below indicates the width of hoop at its widest point. The diameter measurement has been taken from bezel (at widest point) to opposite the bezel. The ring has a slightly D-shaped section, which is flat at the bezel. The thickness measurement below relates to the thickness of the bezel. The bezel is undecorated other than perhaps a much later inscription. The letters ?FF? have been faintly (and crudely) scratched into the bezel. The bezel has also been decoratively shaped. Two notches have been removed from the longest edges of the bezel and one from both of the shorter sides of the bezel. The notches on the shorter sides have been used to further decorate the hoop as they continue into a groove around the hoop on either side for approximately 10mm. A rough parallel for this ring can be seen in the Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum Medieval Collection, Part 1 (full reference below). This example however has a decorated bezel. It dates to the 15th - 16th Century. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1400
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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