File:Æthelswith's ring.jpg
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Late Anglo-Saxon, Trewhiddle style, gold finger-ring
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English: "Gold finger-ring; plain hoop expanding at the shoulders, which with the bezel are chased with Trewhiddle style designs upon a nielloed ground. The bezel is circular with a pearled border; it is ornamented with a medallion inscribed in a quatrefoil and containing the Agnus Dei between two letters; the leaves of the quatrefoil and the spaces between them are chased with foliage. Each shoulder has a semi-circular panel with pearled border, containing an animal on a ground of niello. Inside the ring is engraved with an inscription." From the collections page for the ring, British Museum |
| Date | 9th century |
| Source | @Trustees of the British Museum |
| Author | Unknown author |
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