Finger ring

Medieval

Dorset County Museum

1400 - 1499

Gold with deeply engraved figures of four saints (St John the Baptist, St Catherine, St Barbara, one unidentified) picked out in black nielo enamel. Diameter 2.1 cm.

• Medium: gold
• Dimensions: 2 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £1500 ( Total: £4,500)
• ArtFunded in: 2000
• Vendor: Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Provenance

Discovered in plough soil one km to the southwest of the medieval moated manor of Hooke Court, in the parish of Hooke. Declared Treasure in 1999.

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