Silver Twehiddle Style Finger Ring

Description

A cast silver finger-ring, comprising a band with a tripartite bezel consisting of an oval central panel, with rounded spurs flanking its meeting with slightly elongated and narrower panels at either side towards the shoulders. The central panel bears an incised motif, now heavily worn but possibly containing a crouching beast in the Trewhiddle style. The flanking panels each bear a triangle within a heater-shield-shaped border topped by a curved, possibly stamped, line on either side. Worn and lightly bent.

Object number

NOLMS:2024.071

Object

Finger Ring

Production date

AD 800 - 925
Middle Anglo-Saxon

Material

Silver (Metal)

Dimensions

Diameter: 22.3mm
Depth: 1.7mm
Width: 7.6mm
Weight: 2.77g

Associated people

Readshaw, Alan (Mr)

Provenance

Roxby Cum Risby (North Lincolnshire)
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