Drawings Medieval gold finger ring from Windsor
Object number
LDSAL2020.34.3
Artist/Designer/Maker
Underwood, T R - Artist
Production date
1795
Material
Paper
Pen
Ink
Wash
Pen
Ink
Wash
Technique
Drawing
Dimensions
Height: 156mm
Width: 138mm
Height (of Mount): 186mm
Width (of Mount): 168mm
Width: 138mm
Height (of Mount): 186mm
Width (of Mount): 168mm
Inscriptions
Inscription content
T.R. Underwood del.1795.
Inscription content
Gold Ring found in the Home Park Windsor.
App. Archaeol. Vol. XII. p. 411.
App. Archaeol. Vol. XII. p. 411.
Inscription content
The original exhibited by Lewis Majendi Esq. F.S.A. March 12. 1795.
References
Reference (free text)
Archaeologia 12 (1809): 411.
Illustration (Engraving), fig. 6, pl. L, between pp. 408-9.
The author, Lewis Majendie, suggests that the ring was the personal ornament, (ie, not formal regalia) of a member of the Order of St Michael.