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Description: | A gilt copper-alloy finger-ring, dating from the post-Medieval period.The bezel is oval in plan and has an unclear device engraved in its upper surface. This device, probably representing a family crest, has an oval at its centre, inside which are indecipherable letters or symbols. At one end, wavy grooves cut across this oval. Around the perimeter is what appears to be a legend. The shoulders of the ring are narrower than the bezel and each is decorated with two or three transverse grooves. The shoulders taper smoothly into the 'D-sectioned' bezel, the latter of which is at its narrowest halfway along each side, then increases in width towards the back. The heavily corroded ring has been gilded on the underside as well as the outer surface. It measures 20.5mm wide, 19.9mm deep (bezel to back of hoop), 13.3mm high at the bezel and weighs 4.1g.The style of this ring and the appearance of the metal point towards a probable 17th to 18th century date. It is probably a signet ring.
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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