Drawings Signet rings from Dumfries & Galloway
Object number
LDSAL2020.34.73
Artist/Designer/Maker
Basire, James - Attributed to
Production date
1792
Material
paper
Wash
Wash
Technique
Drawing
Dimensions
Height: 73mm
Width: 129mm
Height (of Mount): 134mm
Width (of Mount): 194mm
Width: 129mm
Height (of Mount): 134mm
Width (of Mount): 194mm
Inscriptions
Inscription content
Fig. 8. a ring of mixed metal gilt, or rather plated with gold. It was found near the Friary of Tangland in Galloway
Fig. 9. is a brass ring from Lancashire, called a cramp ring
--- 10. is of brass, and was found several years ago near the site of the Friary at Dumfries
Archaeologia Vol.X.p.481.
Fig. 9. is a brass ring from Lancashire, called a cramp ring
--- 10. is of brass, and was found several years ago near the site of the Friary at Dumfries
Archaeologia Vol.X.p.481.
References
Reference (free text)
Archaeologia 10 (1792): 478-82.
Illustration (Engraving by James Basire), figs. 8, 9, and 10, pl. XL, opp. p. 478.
Reference (free text)
Charles Oman, British Rings, 800-1914 (London: B T Batsford, 1974), pp. 61-3.
