File:Post Medieval silver-gilt 'Fede' finger ring (FindID 540285).jpg

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Post Medieval silver-gilt 'Fede' finger ring
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Alex Whitlock, 2013-01-21 15:43:05
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Post Medieval silver-gilt 'Fede' finger ring
Description
English: A fragment of a silver-gilt 'Fede' or gimmal finger ring. Due to its fragmentry nature, this ring cannot be reliably dated. They were very popular in the Victorian era and this example is probably Post Medieval (17th to 19th century AD). However fede rings do go back to the 14th or 15th century, originating in Italy. The gilding on the ring appears to be confined to the pair of clasped hands which are typical of this type of ring. Known as 'fede' rings, from the Italian for 'hands in faith' ('mani in fede'). Rings with clasped hands were given as tokens of love, usually engagement or marriage, from Roman to modern times. For medieval examples see SUR-8507E2, BH-D4E091, YORYM-144AE4, KENT-853D17, and there are many others on the database.

The length is 20mm, and the width is 8mm.
Depicted place (County of findspot) East Riding of Yorkshire
Date between 1600 and 1900
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1900-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 540285
Old ref: LANCUM-D61612
Filename: PKrng.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/412782
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/412782/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/540285
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