https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/templates/general_wide/img/logo.png https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/early-medieval/finger-rings-and-various-rings-of-similar-size.html https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/early-medieval/finger-rings-and-various-rings-of-similar-size/finger-ring-57939.html Mon, 08 Apr 2024 11:30:07 GMT Finger rings and various rings of similar size  

Description:		A decorative copper alloy finger ring dating to the Anglo-Saxon period. The hoop is of circular cross-section, which then flattens and widens at the top to create an elliptical bezel. Located to each side of the bezel is a small roundel and transverse rib, both facially grooved to form the shoulders of the ring. The bezel itself is deeply engraved with an abstact animal whose simplistic features are inspired by the Trewhiddle design form, its body parts embellished with indented dots. The engraved recesses of the design partly retain a decayed niello infill. Similarities of the design can be compared with UKDFD 32480, UKDFD 56816 & SWYOR-A67E25. * From Nigel Mills, 'Saxon & Viking Artefacts': In 1774, a collection of silver and gold objects were found inside a silver chalice. The hoard was discovered by tin miners in a stream near St Austel in Cornwall. Some of the strap-ends and objects depicted animal designs in a distinctive form now known as 'Trewhiddle'. The animals are clearly defined and arranged singly in panels in a grotesque form.
Category:		Early Medieval, Finger rings and various rings of similar size
Category:		Finger rings and various rings of similar size

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/early-medieval/finger-rings-and-various-rings-of-similar-size/penannular-ring-57503.html Tue, 08 Aug 2023 18:06:54 GMT Finger rings and various rings of similar size  

Description:		A plain copper-alloy penannular ring of the late Anglo-Saxon period. It is of oval cross-section at the centre and tapers to a point at each overlapping end. The diameter may suggest its use as an earring rather than finger ring. Although rings of this general type were worn as finger rings and earrings, they may also have had other uses such as decorative hair rings. The recorder states that the ring was discovered in the gravels of a brook near an Iron Age settlement. See also UKDFD 45650, UKDFD 21162 & UKDFD 30844.
Category:		Early Medieval, Finger rings and various rings of similar size
Category:		Finger rings and various rings of similar size

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/early-medieval/finger-rings-and-various-rings-of-similar-size/finger-ring-57220.html Sun, 12 Mar 2023 23:22:16 GMT Finger rings and various rings of similar size  

Description:		A complete copper-alloy finger ring of the early medieval period. The ring which is now sub-circular in plan has the appearance of two copper-alloy rods of differing thicknesses twisted together to form a ropework effect but has been cast. The twisted portion of the hoop is at its widest at the top, it narrows towards the lower portion which is plain and circular in section. Traces of gilding are visible in the grooves.
Category:		Early Medieval, Finger rings and various rings of similar size
Category:		Finger rings and various rings of similar size

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/early-medieval/finger-rings-and-various-rings-of-similar-size/finger-ring-56646.html Fri, 18 Feb 2022 12:15:55 GMT Finger rings and various rings of similar size  

Description:		A silver finger ring dating to the later Anglo-Saxon period. The thin-sectioned bezel is generally lozenge-shaped and decorated with a symmetrically engraved cross motif within a linear frame. The cross consists of a simple vertical bar with flared terminals, and two side arms, both containing an additional chevron within the flare to create a forked terminal. The engraving partially retains niello infill which is dark blue in colour. The thicker sub-rectangular sectioned wire hoop is distorted and incomplete. On the back of the bezel are visible dappled marks and indentations, likely from planishing the section flat to form the bezel shape. See HAMP-C25EF3 & NMS-F27122 as similarly shaped finger rings.
Category:		Early Medieval, Finger rings and various rings of similar size
Category:		Finger rings and various rings of similar size

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/early-medieval/finger-rings-and-various-rings-of-similar-size/finger-ring-56552.html Wed, 29 Dec 2021 13:23:29 GMT Finger rings and various rings of similar size  

Description:		A complete finger ring fabricated from two strands of copper-alloy wire. One strand forms the plain circular-section hoop. The other strand forms the bezel, which consists of two co-planar spiral coils. The inner ends of the two coils extend below to form a short straight span connecting them. The outer ends of the two coils extend and are wound transversely around the hoop to join together the two components. A virtually identical ring illustrated by Crummy (see References below) is dated to the early Roman period (1st century AD), but several precious metal examples of very similar construction have been recovered from pagan burials of the early Anglo-Saxon period. The tentative dating of the present ring is based on the more secure context associated with the burial finds, but the simple design, which Crummy notes 'clearly has native British links', may originally have been employed considerably earlier.  See also UKDFD 27643 and PAS: BERK-5439A9, both of which have a single coil for the bezel, but are otherwise of similar form.
Category:		Early Medieval, Finger rings and various rings of similar size
Category:		Finger rings and various rings of similar size

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/early-medieval/finger-rings-and-various-rings-of-similar-size/penannular-ring-54060.html Sun, 02 Dec 2018 19:08:56 GMT Finger rings and various rings of similar size  

Description:		A penannular copper-alloy finger ring or ear ring of the late Anglo-Saxon period. It is generally of sub-triangular cross-section with tapered ends that terminate in a point at one end and a hook at the other. This may suggest that both terminals were once secured together by a simple twist. The reference cited below illustrates similar copper-alloy rings with oblique line decoration and hooked ends from an early context. They are however, wire, and regular in their length and do not have the thicker middle section which is more common to the later period finger rings or ear rings. See also; UKDFD 21701
Category:		Early Medieval, Finger rings and various rings of similar size
Category:		Finger rings and various rings of similar size

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/early-medieval/finger-rings-and-various-rings-of-similar-size/finger-ring-19803.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT Finger rings and various rings of similar size  

Description:		A twisted wire copper-alloy finger ring. The band is formed from a double strand, the ends of which are looped through each other a number of times to form the bezel. They are then coiled back around the hoop three times on each side of it. This style of finger ring, made from twisted wire, was popular during the 9th and 10th centuries AD but was also popular as a home made finger ring in much later periods due to their simplistic manufacture. The ring was found in close proximity to UKDFD 19792, which would support a Late Anglo-Saxon date.
Category:		Early Medieval, Finger rings and various rings of similar size
Category:		Finger rings and various rings of similar size

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/early-medieval/finger-rings-and-various-rings-of-similar-size/penannular-ring-28087.html Sat, 30 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Finger rings and various rings of similar size  

Description:		A distorted and corroded copper-alloy penannular ring, probably a finger ring or ear ring of the late Anglo-Saxon period. It is of sub-circular cross-section with tapered ends, one being incomplete. See also UKDFD 21162.
Category:		Early Medieval, Finger rings and various rings of similar size
Category:		Finger rings and various rings of similar size

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/early-medieval/finger-rings-and-various-rings-of-similar-size/penannular-ring-29402.html Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT Finger rings and various rings of similar size  

Description:		A plain penannular copper-alloy ring of the late Anglo-Saxon period. It is of oval cross-section with tapered ends, both of which are curled inwards. See also UKDFD 3369, UKDFD 11239 and UKDFD 27528.
Category:		Early Medieval, Finger rings and various rings of similar size
Category:		Finger rings and various rings of similar size

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/early-medieval/finger-rings-and-various-rings-of-similar-size/finger-ring-35119.html Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT Finger rings and various rings of similar size  

Description:		A silver finger ring made from a single strand of square-section silver wire. The wire is coiled twice to form the hoop, and the remaining length is used to produce a double-start spiral bezel. The two ends of the wire are wound round the hoop to form shoulders. Rings formed from wire are difficult to date closely, unless they are recovered from a dateable context. The PAS dating of the present example is circa AD 550-800. Cf. UKDFD 29806
Category:		Early Medieval, Finger rings and various rings of similar size
Category:		Finger rings and various rings of similar size

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