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Description: | A copper alloy finger ring with engraved bezel of probable later medieval date (about AD 1400 - 1600). The hoop of the finger ring is distorted and sub-circular in plan and D shaped in cross section. It is moulded in a rope effect with oblique grooves and ridges on the outer face only, The hoop flares (expands) at the shoulders of the ring to form the bezel. The bezel is sub octagonal in plan (rectangular with short diagonal corners) and irregular in cross section. The underside of the bezel is concave as the inner edge of the loop is circular in plan. The face of the octagonal bezel has an incised octagonal border and once had an incuse central motif, but this is now worn and indeciperable. The ring has a dark brown patina with patches of bright yellow metal showing, but this does not appear to be gilding. The ring is 26.7mm long, 23.8mm wide and 12.3mm thick. 7.89g.Compare IOW-D70367 and HESH-F760F3 which notes that: "A series of very similar finger rings can be seen in the Salisbury Museum Medieval Catalogue (part 1) pages 40-46, examples 16-19. Although none of these rings has the same [...] rope like cast hoop as this example they are all broadly the same size and shape. John Cherry dates all of these rings to the 15th and early 16th centuries and it seems likely that a similar date can be assumed for this example.The ring has been broken into two pieces and repaired with glue.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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