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Description: | A cast gold finger ring of the Medieval period.The bezel is circular and cast separately from the hoop. The bezel has a worn border that originally had a beaded appearance. The bezel is set with faux filigree consisting of a larger globular centre ringed by 7 small globules arranged regularly, themselves circumscribed by a ring of 7 large globules, separated from the border by 7 small globules interspersed in the voids between the large globules. There are hints of openwork between each globule, but the entire bezel has been cast as one, though designed to emulate filigree.The hoop was attached separately, made from gold wire with flattened terminals and soldered onto the underside of the bezel. The terminals broke at the edge of the hoop, and the hoop had new terminals made and it was resoldered onto the underside of the bezel, but transverse to the previous arrangement. One terminal of the hoop came unstuck, and the hoop was hooked inward. In this latest form the finger rings may have been reused as a dress fastener or hooked tag.
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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