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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy signet finger ring of Medieval date. It is missing part of the hoop due to old breaks, now worn.The shoulders are D-shaped in section. They expand to encompass an octagonal bezel. The front face is decorate with an octagonal groove. Within this is the engraved letter R surmounted by a crude and stylised crown.This ring measures 24.70mm in external diameter, 16.48mm in internal diameter, 9.85mm in width at the bezel, 5.79mm in width at the shoulders, 3.95mm in thickness, 5.62g in weight.Signet rings with a crowned initial and branches to each side became increasingly common in the 15th century, it is thought the initial was for the owners first name (Harvey and MacGuiness 1996:93). There is a similar example from Salisbury and South Wiltshire (Saunders and Saunders, Part 1, 1991, p. 46, no. 19) and on the PAS database (SOM-0169B4), (SOM-29C9A7).
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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