Gold finger ring
The small gold finger ring is somewhat distorted, featuring a circular hoop and an ovoid box setting that preserves its gemstone intaglio. This comprises a light blue glass paste intaglio, rather damaged and with parts missing, which appears to have been fixed to the setting using a black tar-like substance. The design of the intaglio is difficult to make out but appears to include a piscine double tail, perhaps a dolphin. The hoop is made of a flat gold strip, to which a rope-like plaited piece of filigree has been applied. On each side are further pieces of rilled filigree which, unlike the larger ring, turn inwards to form spirals. Globular grains of gold have been applied rather haphazardly to infill the gaps on the shoulders. The box setting is ovoid, with the sides turned over the glass paste to hold it in place. Like the larger ring, this piece is surrounded by a rilled collar, with few gaps between the channels and the box setting. The inside of the hoop is rough and unfinished.
Quantity
1
Weight
5.7 g
Length
1.56 cm
Width
1.47 cm
Diameter
1.53 cm
Material
Gold
Hoard
