finger-ring
- Museum number
- 1956,1202.1
- Description
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Gilt copper alloy finger-ring; bezel a large oval socket for inlay; expanded shoulders narrowing towards back of plano-convex section hoop; cast animal interlace in Anglo-Carolingian Style.
- Production date
- 8thC-9thC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 6.30 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Comment from Kidd, Haith & Ager ‘Summary Catalogue’ (draft MS)
Published:
WILSON D.M. 1958. An Early Carolingian Finger-Ring, British Museum Quarterly XXI for 1957-59, no. 3, London, pp. 80-2, pl. XXVIa c
WERNER J. 1959. Frühkarolingische Silberohrringe von Rastede (Oldenburg). Beiträge zur Tierornamentik des Tassilokelches und verwandter Denkmäler, Germania 37, Berlin, p. 185
WILSON D.M. 1960. The Fejø Cup, Acta Archaeologica XXXI, Copenhagen, p. 173
YPEY J. 1968. Fundstücke mit anglo-karolingischer Tierornamentik in niederländischen Sammlungen, ROB 18, Amersfoort, p. 189, fig. 10 no. 54
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1956
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1956,1202.1