Accession No

Z 29692.1


Description

Signet finger ring made of copper alloy, with an oval bezel, slightly flared shoulders and hoop with semicircular cross-section. The bezel is inscribed with the initial 'R' which is surmounted by an engraved crown. A plain groove border surrounds the central design.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Barnwell


Period

Post Medieval


Source

Ridgeway, William (Professor; Sir) [collector and ?bequeather]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 29692.1


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper Alloy


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Display)
Previously mounted on patterned paper-wrapped display board along with idno Z 29692.2 with handwritten label.
Event Date
Author: Alana Edgeworth


Context (Field collection)
Found: Near Barnwell
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Signet Ring. 'R' surmounted by crown
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'Signet-ring with letter R.'
Event Date 8/5/1979
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Seal impression also present and mounted on board.
Event Date 26/9/2001
Author: Alana Edgeworth


Description (Physical description)
Signet finger ring made of copper alloy, with an oval bezel, slightly flared shoulders and hoop with semicircular cross-section. The bezel is inscribed with the initial 'R' which is surmounted by an engraved crown. A plain groove border surrounds the central design.
Event Date 2/2/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth


FM:13568

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