FINGER RING 907865

Description: A solid gold ring, weighing 7g, with a plain unadorned bezel. The hoop has a flattened plano-convex profile with pronounced ridged borders and measures 5.3mm wide at its narrow point and 10.6 around the bezel. The external diameter of the hoop is 20.1mm, the internal diameter is 17.1 and it varies in thickness from 1.3mm to 2.3mm. The unengraved oval bezel measures 10.4mm by 9.6mm and is set flush with the shoulders of the ring. At the rear of the bezel on either side at the widest point are small recesses measuring 2mm wide. These may have been fixings for a capsule or other mount. An engraved inscription inside the band is picked out in black niello or other pigment and reads "tout ma vie" (French for "all my life"). The individual words are separated by small crosses. The shoulders of the ring are engraved with a letter T or Tau cross surrounded by a field of droplets. These were picked out in the same black pigment as survives on the inscription; the finder reported that some of this pigment was lost when he initially cleaned the ring although traces remain.

Date: 1450 - 1550

Object type: FINGER RING

Last import: September 22, 2022