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Description: | An incomplete, corroded and misshapen Medieval cast copper-alloy signet finger-ring (c. 1400-c. 1500).The majority of the hoop is missing.The bezel is circular in plan and has an inscribed motif resembling a letter 'R' with four circular pits within the 'R'. Possibly, there are 'twigs' at either side of the 'R'. The surviving part of the plain hoop is 'D'-shaped in cross-section and its shoulders taper to breaks.This finger-ring has a matt green patina.Height: 15.41mm; width: 13.22mm; thickness: 4.41mm. Weight: 4.13g. In plan, the bezel measures 13.89 x 13.22mm.Finger-rings of similar form have been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. See finds: SOM-0E9E36 and WMID-CB4045.A published example from Salisbury also has a similar form (Saunders, P and E, 1991: 42, fig.12, ref: 23).
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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