Find Spot record MDO5716 - Post-medieval finger ring, Pilford Farm, Hampreston, Ferndown Town

A late 17th-century gold signet ring with a fleur de lys device found by a metal detectorist.

An early seventeenth century gold signet ring with a fleur de lys device, found at Pilford Farm. Metal detector find at a depth of about four inches on arable land. The crop had just been taken up and the field had not been re-ploughed. The finder also reported a 'bronze object which looks like a dagger tip' from the same area. The ring was found on 2 November 1992. Judy Rudoe of the British Museum reports (letter 10 December 1992) that the ring is a 'standard type of personal signet ring (or seal ring) and probably dates from the early seventeenth century'.

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Jan 14 2021 8:56AM