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Description: | A sixteenth century gold signet finger ring with a glass or rock crystal setting in the oval bezel which is orientated vertically. The gem is engraved for use as a seal matrix with a five petalled flower with two leaves on a shield with a biconcave top, concave upper sides and a pointed base. Behind the gem, the bezel is also decorated with black enamel leaving gold the date 1562 above the shield and the initials C X or C K, one letter at each side of the shield. The outer sides of the bezel are decorated with a row of beading flanked by an engraved line above and below. There are slight surviving traces of black enamel in the grooves. The rest of the narrow hoop is oval in cross-section. The ring is 21mm long, 20.5mm wide and 9.8mm wide across the bezel. The hoop is 2.1mm wide and 1.4mm thick. The bezel is 11.4mm long. The internal diameter is 17.5mm. It weighs 4.64g.The ring can be compared to WMID-AEBE21 (2009 T375) which is of very similar style. It carries the date 1557.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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