Signet ring

On display

Details

  • Title

    Signet ring

  • Associated place

    Metropolitan City of Rome Capital (place of purchase)
  • Date

    14th - 15th century (1301 - 1500)
  • Material and technique

    gold, gemstone

  • Object type

  • Dimensions

    internal 1.875 cm (diameter)
    9.91423323 g (weight)
  • No. of items

    1

  • Credit line

    Presented by C. D. E. Fortnum in honour of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee, 1897.

  • Museum location

    Second floor | Gallery 56 | Arts of the Renaissance
  • Museum department

    Western Art

  • Accession no.

    WA1897.CDEF.F368

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Further reading

Taylor, Gerald, and Diana Scarisbrick, Finger Rings: From Ancient Egypt to the Present Day (London: Lund Humphries, 1978), 305, Plate II

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