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Copper-alloy spiral finger ring

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posted on 2021-10-27, 19:23 authored by Helena HamerowHelena Hamerow
Gatty Slip: Brass finger ring found on Sibertswold Down, Kent. Formerly in the Faussett coll. Vide Inven. Sep. p. 122 (grave 125) like pl. 11, fig. 13. 1 in. diam.Bronze finger ring, max. internal diam. 2 cm. Very crudely made. Cast with ring itself of hemispherical section, showing file-marks at sides. Bezel a roughly flat circle flanked at either end by a tri-lobe moulding. The bezel bears what appears to be an inscription - possibly a C or G followed by a stroke, with an interrupted engraved circle.Faussett compares this to plate XI.13 (Kingston Down, grave 250) in Inventorium Sepulchrale text, page 122; images in MS 723 [Society of Antiquaries] and MS Diary [Liverpool] depict rings similar to that of Kingston Down grave 250. Therefore, authentication doubtful here.Faussett's sketches of the finger ring suggest that it was of a well-known Anglo-Saxon type with a bezel made of coiled wire such as those found in Kingston grave 250 (M 6346) and Sarre grave 4 (KAS 362). The extant ring M 6498 as shown in Faussett 1856 and drawn by Marion Cox for SCH, may have been incorrectly assigned to grave 125. The index for plate XI in Faussett 1856 asigns this object to Sibertswold grave 125, though the Gatty Slip indicates that it is like that shown in plate XI, figure 13 which is the Kingston 250 spiral coil ring. – D.H. & B.B.

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Grave ID

Sibertswold Downs Grave 125

Object ID

M6498

Catalogue Number

M 6498

Material

copper alloy (Sonia Hawkes Material Notes; bronze) (Antiquarian Material; brass)

Complete Keyword List (Including Alternatives)

finger ring (Sonia Hawkes Keyword; finger ring) (Antiquarian Keyword; finger ring)

Status

extant

Location

National Museums Liverpool

Collection

Mayer Collection

Original Collection

Faussett

Category ID

ring

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