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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy finger ring of Medieval date. It is missing more than half of the hoop as well as the cabochon setting due to old breaks. The hoop is circular in section and expands to a sub-triangular pointed bezel. The bezel has a pointed oval shaped setting that is missing the glass or paste cabochon stone that would once have been attached to it. The surviving fragment measures 19.29mm in width, 23.79mm in height, 5.15mm in thickness, and weighs 4.04g. This form of 'Stirrup-Shaped' finger ring is noted by Egan and Pritchard as being popular in England from the mid-12th century for several hundred years, although perhaps only fashionable until the mid-13th century (Egan and Pritchard, 1991: pp. 326-327). A similar example preserving the cabochon setting is noted from Medieval London (Egan and Pritchard, 1991: no. 1609). This suggests a date for the current example in the 12th-15th centuries AD.
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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