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
Middle Anglo-Saxon
Material
Silver (Metal)
Dimensions
Diameter: 22.3mm
Depth: 1.7mm
Width: 7.6mm
Weight: 2.77g
Depth: 1.7mm
Width: 7.6mm
Weight: 2.77g
Associated people
Readshaw, Alan (Mr)
Provenance
Roxby Cum Risby (North Lincolnshire)
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