Gold and enamel ring

Anglo-Saxon

Warwickshire Museum – Market Hall

10th Century

A gold finger ring with gold cloisonne enamel bezel, filigree and granules. The bezel consists of a gold-walled disc filled with four fine-walled cells of opaque white enamel petals against a semi-translucent green glass background. The quality of the cloisonne is high. The work is probably continental, of Ottonian origin.

• Medium: gold & enamel
• Dimensions: diameter: 2.2cm
• Art Fund Grant: £7937 ( Total: £22,500)
• ArtFunded in: 2003
• Vendor: Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Provenance

Found by Mr J. Cahill in October 2001 with a metal detector on land near Warwick; declared Treasure.

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