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Ring
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Ring
- Place of origin:
England, Great Britain (made)
- Date:
1400-1500 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Engraved gold formerly enamelled
- Credit Line:
Given by Dame Joan Evans
- Museum number:
M.192-1975
- Gallery location:
Jewellery, room 91, case 5, shelf D, box 24
Physical description
Gold ring, with traces of white enamel, depicting the Virgin and Child, St. John the Baptist and St. Edmund. The hoop inscribed outside in black letter + bone/ + fyne/ bon ioye and inside god + help
Place of Origin
England, Great Britain (made)
Date
1400-1500 (made)
Artist/maker
unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Engraved gold formerly enamelled
Marks and inscriptions
inscribed + bone/ + fyne/ bon ioye
inscribed god + help
Dimensions
Height: 2.4 cm, Width: 2.5 cm, Depth: 0.8 cm
Object history note
ex Guilhou Collection, Acquired by Dame Joan Evans
Descriptive line
Gold ring, with traces of white enamel, depicting the Virgin and Child, St. John the Baptist and St. Edmund. The hoop inscribed inside and outside in black letter in French 'Good end' and 'Good joy' and in English 'God help', England, 1400-1500.
Materials
Gold
Techniques
Engraving (incising)
Subjects depicted
Jesus Christ; Mary (Virgin Mary); Christianity; John (Saint John the Baptist); Edmund (Saint Edmund the Martyr, King of East Anglia)
Categories
Metalwork; Christianity; Jewellery
Collection code
MET
