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Description: | Medieval gold finger-ring, with an oval bezel engraved with figures of St Christopher carrying the Christ Child on his shoulders across a river. Christ carries an orb in his left hand and his right hand is raised in blessing. St Christopher is clutching a staff with both hands. The background is deeply engraved.The shoulders of the ring are engraved with foliate decoration consisting of sprays of trefoil flowers and leaves, which extend approximately two thirds of the way down the hoop. The interior of the hoop is plain. The ring is undamaged apart from some minor scratches. The ring may have been enamelled, though no traces of enamel now remain.The ring dates from the fifteenth century.Dimensions: diameter (across) 19 mm, height 20 mm, length of bezel 10 mm.
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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