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Description: | A cast copper-alloy finger ring of later Medieval-Post-Medieval date, 1400-1650 AD. The lowerhalf of the band is circular in profile, with a flat bezel and steeply angled, straight shoulders connecting the bezel to the band. In section, the band and shoulders are D-shaped, while the bezel is rectangular. In plan, the bezel is circular, and the shoulders taper from the outer edges of the bezel to the band. The band is decorated with diagonal, incised hatching, and the shoulders have two moulded parallel 'ribs' running vertically from the band to the bezel. The bezel has an outer border formed of small punched ovals arranged with the long axis pointing toward the centre, imitating the borders seen on Medieval coinage. In the centre is an incised Lombardic 'h'. A similar shaped ring (though heavily gilt and with more elaborate decoration) can be seen in HESH-8B9850.
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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