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Description: | A complete copper alloy finger ring, missing the setting and dating to the 12th or 13th century.The ring has a circular hoop and the sides of the hoop gradually slope upwards towards an oval bezel. There is no stone present but it seems likely that there would have been a small stone or glass fitted in the oval space. Rings of this type are called "stirrup-shaped" rings and a similar one was found in London although it was made of pewter (Egan and Pritchard number 1608), and was dated to the period AD 1230 to 1260. There is a another example, excavated in the 1970s and now in the Winchester Museum collection, object number WINCM:VR72 S82 and this one has been dated to the 12th or 13th century.
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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