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Description: | A medieval gold finger-ring, with a raised octagonal fluted bezel set with an oval turquoise. The slender hoop is D-shaped, and slightly distorted. The ring probably dates to the 14th century.Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the ring at the British Museum indicates a gold content of approximately 83%. The stone has been identified by Raman Microscopy as turquoise. The ring weighs 2.23 grams.The form of this ring is unusual. The closest comparable example is a ring in the British Museum with a hexagonal bezel set with an emerald, but on this ring the bezel is bevelled on the lower edge (O M Dalton, Catalogue of Finger-Rings in the British Museum (London 1912), no 1769.
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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