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Description: | Part of a Medieval copper-alloy finger ring.The piece represents the front portion of a stirrup-shaped ring. The hoop is of sub-rectangular section, flaring into the undecorated shoulders. The thickness of the ring also gradually increases, reaching a maximum beneath the centre point of the bezel, the upper surface of which is occupied by an elongated-oval setting with white glass paste inset.Depth/length: 12.4mm; width: 19.4mm; thickness: 5.3mm. Weight: 2.54g.According to Egan and Pritchard, stirrup-shaped finger rings became popular from the middle of the 12th century and continued to be produced for at least the next 300 years, although they may have been considered less fashionable from the second half of the 13th century (1991: 326-327).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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