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Description: | A gold finger ring of late Medieval to early Post-Medieval date. It is rectangular in section and the hoop is slightly distorted. The outside is decorated with four equally spaced incised flowers with five petals on each. Between each pair of flowers is an incised loop. These are joined to the flowers by double curving incised lines (swags). There are traces of black enamel surviving in some of the incised areas. There are transverse file or scratch marks on the inside of the hoop. There are no hall marks and no further decoration.The flowers are typically late Medieval and in the style one sees on 15th century marriage rings, but the swag design suggests the beginnings of the sort of Renaissance-inspired ornament found in the early to mid 16th Century.Consequently, in terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
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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