Gold and enamel ring
Artist: Anglo-Saxon
Location: Warwickshire Museum
Date: 10th Century
Materials: gold & enamel
Dimensions: diameter: 2.2cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £7,937 (Total: £22,500)
Vendor: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Review number: 5326 (2003)
Provenance:
Found by Mr J. Cahill in October 2001 with a metal detector on land near Warwick; declared Treasure.
Description:
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.
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