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signet-ring
Object Type
signet-ring
Museum number
AF.712
Description
Signet-ring; bronze gilt; engraved; circular bezel decorated with monogram between branches.
Production date
15thC-16thC
Production place
Made in:
England
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Merton (London Borough)
Materials
bronze
gold
Technique
engraved
gilded
Dimensions
Diameter:
0.96 inches
(hoop)
Length:
0.60 inches
(bezel)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
According to the Braybrooke catalogue, 'A bronze signet ring engraved with a merchant's mark; it was found at Merton, in Surrey, and purchased at a sale in London, 1849. A rude and early mark.' This entry has been annotated in pencil by Franks 'A between two leaves', 'xv cent' and '97 gr'. Handwritten notes in Dalton: One similar reported from Cambridgeshire in Fitzwilliam Museum One similar submitted by Miss D. Davis by post, found at Evesham 26.2.67. 'oval' next to illustration.
Bibliographic references
Dalton 1912 / Franks Bequest Catalogue of the Finger Rings, Early Christian, Byzantine, Teutonic, Mediaeval and Later, Bequeathed by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks, KCB, in which are included the other rings of the same period in the Museum.
(448)
Braybrooke 1873 / Catalogue of Rings in the Collection of the Right Hon. Lord Braybrooke, Audley End
(no 50)
Location
Not on display
Condition
Gilt missing.
Subjects
tree/bush
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Richard Cornwallis Neville, 4th Baron Braybrooke
Acquisition date
1897
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
AF.712