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Description: | Late Medieval or Post medieval cast copper alloy signet ring. The ring has a circular hoop with a D-shaped section, flat on the inner side and convex on the outer. It widens and thickens gradually at the plain shoulders to the large, flat, hexagonal bezel. The bezel has an indented engrailed line border around the outer edge with an indented design in the centre of a three towered castle or gate. The central tower is taller and has a gate at the base, the side towers are topped with flags. Pairs of horizontal lines extend outwards from the outer towers near the top suggesting the continuation of the curtain or town wall. there are traces of gilding on the front. It is 21.2mm in diameter across the hoop and 3.3mm thick; the bezel is 16.9mm by 13.6mm wide; it weighs 4.47 grams.Signets rings with simple designs often of initials or symbols such as crowns and castles became popular in the 15th and 16th centuries. cf Cherry, in Saunders and Saunders (1991:42, 45, no.16) and Harvey and MacGuiness (1996: 93). LVPL-9167B1 and SUSS-BFF0A7 are very similar, both with castle designs.
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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