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Byzantine gold stamped ring, circa 6th - 10th century.
Located in London, GB
Byzantine gold stamped ring. The central flat lozenge form plaque stamped with a repeating X shape punch with traces of niello, flanked by conforming shoulders which smoothly lead th...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Band Rings
Medieval gilt iconographic saints ring, circa 15th century.
Located in London, GB
Medieval gilt iconographic saints ring. The central plaque with grooved panels, engraved vertically with two standing saints, flanked by shoulders with raised twisting channels, engr...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Medieval Band Rings
Ancient Roman engraved ring featuring Victory, circa 2nd-3rd century AD.
Located in London, GB
Ancient Roman engraved ring featuring Victory. The central domed plaque engraved with a detailed winged figure of Victory, flanked by trumpeting smoothly integrated shoulders which ...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Band Rings
Viking yellow gold stamped ring, circa 9th-11th century AD.
Located in London, GB
Viking yellow gold stamped ring. A smoothly conforming yellow gold ring with a continuous geometric pattern created by adjacent triangular stamps and border by raised champfered edge...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Band Rings
Medieval amuletic ring, circa 14th-15th century AD.
Located in London, GB
Medieval amuletic ring. A yellow gold D-shape band decorated with an engraved repeating pattern of points and sinuous omega shaped lines, approximately 5mm in width. Tested yellow go...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Band Rings
Gold posy ring 'Noe joy in life like a good wife', circa 18th century.
Located in London, GB
Gold posy ring 'Noe joy in life like a good wife'. The smooth plain D-shape band engraved to the interior in italic script 'Noe joy in life like a good wife', approximately 4.2mm in ...
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Antique 18th Century Regency Band Rings
Post-Medieval enamel skull ring, circa 17th century.
Located in London, GB
Post-Medieval enamel skull ring. A gold ring composed of a flat circular plaque featuring a black and white enamel skull, leading to rounded shoulder...
Category
Antique 17th Century Medieval Band Rings
Post Medieval posy ring, ‘NOT VALEW BVT VERT’, circa 16th century.
Located in London, GB
Post Medieval gold posy ring ‘NOT VALEW BVT VERT’ (‘not value but virtue’). A D-shape band decorated on the exterior with a raised grid design, the interior engraved in Roman capital...
Category
Antique 16th Century Medieval Band Rings
Post Medieval posy ring, 'BE x TRV x TIL x DEATHE x AND x SO // SHAL x I'.
Located in London, GB
Post Medieval gold posy ring 'BE x TRV x TIL x DEATHE x AND x SO // SHAL x I' ('be true till death and so shall I'). A D-shape band decorated on the exterior with five rectangular pa...
Category
Antique 16th Century Medieval Band Rings
Oscar Heyman Brothers vintage diamond band ring, American, circa 1960.
By Oscar Heyman
Located in London, GB
Vintage Oscar Heyman Brothers diamond band ring. Set with twenty one round brilliant cut diamonds in open back platinum grain settings with fine rubover edging and an approximate com...
Category
Vintage 1960s Central American Retro Band Rings
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold, Platinum
Viking gold engraved faux twist ring, circa 9th-11th century AD.
Located in London, GB
Viking gold engraved faux twist ring. A yellow gold ring, with richly engraved lines suggesting twisted gold wires, tapering to form a solid rounded shank, approximately 7.73 grams i...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Medieval Band Rings
Gold posy ring, 'A true Friends gift', 18th century.
Located in London, GB
Gold posy ring, 'A true friends gift', English. The slim D-shape band engraved to the interior in enamelled italic script 'A true friends gift’, approximately 2.4mm in width. Tested ...
Category
Antique 18th Century Georgian Band Rings
Enamelled posy ring, ‘CONTENEW + CONSTANTE’, 16th century.
Located in London, GB
Enamelled posy ring, 16th century. A yellow gold posy ring, the interior engraved ‘CONTENEW + CONSTANTE’, meaning ‘content and constant’ in old French, the letters in black enamel. T...
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Antique 16th Century Band Rings
Medieval gold posy ring, 'Love is the bond of peace', circa early 17th century
Located in London, GB
Post medieval gold posy ring. A smoothly conforming yellow gold D-shape band, engraved to the interior in italic script 'Love is the bond of peace', approximately 4.7mm in width and 2.4mm thick. Tested yellow gold, approximately 7.81 grams in weight, circa late 17th-early 18th century.
This ring is near identical (apart from the use of an S for a C) to that found on a plain posy ring held by the British Museum (BM accession number: AF:13338) and numerous examples published by Evans (1931: 73-4).
Accompanied by documentation from the Portable Antiquities Scheme...
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Band Rings
Materials
Gold
Post Medieval posy ring 'Live in love and love in god *', circa 17th century.
Located in London, GB
Post Medieval posy ring 'Live in love and love in god *'. A smoothly conforming posy ring, engraved to the interior 'Live in love and love in god *' approximately 5.9mm in width. Tested yellow gold, circa 17th century.
Accompanied by documentation from the Portable Antiquities Scheme...
Category
Antique 17th Century Band Rings
Materials
Yellow Gold
Antique Enamel Skull Ring for Sir Francis Gosling, circa 1768
Located in London, GB
Enamel skull skull ring for Sir Francis Gosling. A D-shape band, featuring a richly engraved skull design and repeating foliate motif against a black enamel background, inscribed to ...
Category
Antique 1760s Band Rings
Materials
Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Viking gold stamped ring, circa 9th-11th century AD
Located in London, GB
Viking gold stamped ring. A large yellow gold ring featuring a curved bombe' shaped plaque, with raised linear detail to the centre and decorated with a series of repeated triangular...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Scandinavian Band Rings
Materials
Gold, Yellow Gold
Viking stamped triangle ring in gold, circa 9th-11th century AD
Located in London, GB
Viking stamped triangle ring in gold. A substantial gold ring with a central panel in relief, decorated with stamped triangular shapes and golden granules, with raised curved borders...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Scandinavian Band Rings
Materials
Gold, Yellow Gold
Post Medieval memento mori ring, 'in god alone we too are one' circa 18th c
Located in London, GB
Post Medieval momento mori ring,'in god alone we too are one'. A rare ring, the exterior of the D-shape band intricately engraved with floral motifs, and a skull with eyes, nose and ...
Category
Antique 17th Century Medieval Band Rings
Materials
Yellow Gold
Georgian Carved Posy Ring 'Nosse Te Ipsum', circa 18th Century
Located in London, GB
Georgian carved posy ring 'Nosse Te Ipsum'. A yellow gold D-shape band, ornately carved to the exterior with a repeating pattern of scrolls, inscribed to the interior with the phrase...
Category
Antique 18th Century Unknown Band Rings
Materials
Gold
Post Medieval Gold Puzzle Ring, circa 1650-1700
Located in London, GB
Post Medieval gold puzzle ring. A gold puzzle ring consisting of three interlinked hooped sections featuring a twist to top, the three sections can be...
Category
Antique 17th Century Dutch Band Rings
Materials
Gold
Medieval Sapphire and Emerald Ring, circa 1200-1500
Located in London, GB
Medieval sapphire and emerald ring. Set to centre with a hexagonal cabochon natural sapphire in a closed back rubover setting with an approxi...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Medieval Cluster Rings
Materials
Emerald, Sapphire, Yellow Gold
Late Medieval Engraved Posy Ring, 'For Good Love', Circa 15th Century.
Located in London, GB
Post Medieval Engraved Posy Ring, 'For Good Love'. A yellow gold flat band, the exterior engraved around the full circumference with a stylised floral and foliate design and italic inscription 'MIEU EN VOU'’ meaning 'best in/on you', the interior engraved with the same stylised floral and foliate design and italic inscription 'A BON AM' meaning 'for good love', with traces of white enamel throughout, approximately 4.1mm wide. Tested yellow gold, approximately 1.84 grams in weight, circa 15th century.
The inscriptions seen on this ring are reminiscent of the chivalric values and ideals of courtly love which influenced their design and giving in this era.
Accompanied by documentation from the Portable Antiquities Scheme...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Band Rings
Materials
Gold
Late Medieval Iconographic Ring, circa 15th Century
Located in London, GB
Late Medieval iconographic ring. A yellow gold ring featuring a central rectangular bezel, finely engraved with ‘ihc’ within a lozenge shaped panel, ...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Band Rings
Materials
Gold
Late Medieval Iconographic Ring Depicting the Holy Trinity, circa 1470-1480
Located in London, GB
Late Medieval iconographic ring depicting the Holy Trinity. A yellow gold ring featuring a central rectangular plaque, finely engraved with the figur...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Band Rings
Materials
Yellow Gold
Art Deco Sapphire and Diamond Ring, circa 1935
Located in London, GB
Art Deco sapphire and diamond ring. Set with sixteen calibre cut natural unenhanced sapphires, graduating in size, in open back channel settings with an approximate combined weight o...
Category
Vintage 1930s Unknown Art Deco Band Rings
Materials
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Bulgari Diamond Cluster Ring, circa 1960
By Bulgari
Located in London, GB
Bulgari diamond cluster ring. Set horizontally to centre with three octagonal emerald-cut diamonds in open back claw settings with an approximate combined weight of 1.30 carats, flan...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Band Rings
Materials
Diamond, Platinum
Georgian Gold and Enamel Memorial Skeleton Ring, circa 1731
Located in London, GB
Georgian gold and enamel memorial skeleton ring. A solid D-shape gold band featuring an elongated skeleton with stylised skull and cross bones m...
Category
Antique 1730s Unknown Band Rings
Materials
Yellow Gold
Museum Quality Antique Georgian Black Enamel Pearl Memorial Ring
Located in London, GB
Georgian pearl and black enamel memorial ring. Set to centre with an oblong crystal slice covering plaited hair in a closed back setting, encircled by a row of ten half seed pearls w...
Category
Antique 1820s British Georgian Band Rings
Materials
Pearl, Gold
15th Century Engraved Gold Buckle Ring, circa 1500
Located in London, GB
15th century engraved gold buckle ring, ‘At this point remains’. A rare flat top ring featuring intricate detailing around the full circumference with a...
Category
Antique 16th Century Unknown Band Rings
Materials
Yellow Gold
Post Medieval Posy Ring 'Let this present my good intent', circa 17th Century
Located in London, GB
Post Medieval engraved posy ring 'Let this present my good intent'. A rare ring, the exterior of the D-shape band intricately engraved with hearts pierced with arrows and flower moti...
Category
Antique 17th Century Unknown Band Rings
Materials
Yellow Gold
Medieval 15th Century Iconographic Gold Saint Christopher Ring
Located in London, GB
Medieval iconographic ring with Saint Christopher. A yellow gold ring, with rectangular bezel finely engraved with a representation of Saint Christop...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Unknown Band Rings
Materials
Yellow Gold
Proto-Viking Gold Zoomorphic Ring, circa 3rd Century AD
Located in London, GB
Proto-Viking gold zoomorphic ring. A yellow gold sinuous penannular ring, composed of two ridged plaques (or bodies) with incised decoration, each flanked ...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Unknown Band Rings
Materials
Gold
Cartier Paris 1970s Coral Onyx Gold Band Ring
By Cartier
Located in London, GB
Vintage coral & onyx ring by Cartier. Set with six rectangular cabochon onyx alternated by six rectangular cabochon coral, spaced with fine yellow gold bars and outer border, to a sm...
Category
Vintage 1970s French Band Rings
Materials
Coral, Onyx, Yellow Gold, Gold
Post Medieval Sergeant-at-Law ring 'Long Live the King and the Law' Gold Ring
Located in London, GB
Post Medieval Sergeant-at-Law ring 'Long Live the King and the Law'. A wide yellow gold ring, engraved to the exterior '+VIVAT*REX*ET*LEX' trans...
Category
Antique 17th Century Unknown Band Rings
Materials
Yellow Gold
Tiffany & Co. Five row diamond Platinum band ring
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in London, GB
Vintage Tiffany & Co. five row diamond ring. Set with one hundred and forty five round brilliant cut diamonds in open back grain settings with a ...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Band Rings
Materials
Diamond, Platinum
Van Cleef & Arpels diamond Gold Band ring
By Van Cleef & Arpels
Located in London, GB
Van Cleef & Arpels vintage diamond ring. Set with three rows of round brilliant cut diamonds, seventy five in total, in open back grain settings with a combined approximate weight of...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Band Rings
Materials
Diamond, Yellow Gold
17th Century Stuart gold posy Band ring "Vertue passeth riches"
Located in London, GB
Stuart gold posy ring 'Vertue passeth riches'. A smoothly conforming shallow D-shape band, engraved to the interior in florid italic script '* Vertue passeth riches x', approximately...
Category
Antique 17th Century Band Rings
Materials
Yellow Gold
Georgian Gold Posy Ring "True Loue is My Desire" circa 18th Century
Located in London, GB
Georgian gold posy ring 'True loue is my desire'. A yellow gold band with softly scalloped edging, engraved to the interior 'True loue is my desire', approximately 3.7mm in width. Te...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Band Rings
Materials
Yellow Gold
Post Medieval Gold Posy Ring TOVT IOVRS LOIALL
Located in London, GB
Post Medieval gold posy ring '+ TOVT IOVRS LOIALL' ('ever faithful'). A smooth D-shape band engraved to the interior in seriffed capitals '+ TOVT IOVRS ...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Medieval Band Rings
Materials
Yellow Gold
