Summary

Silver fede-ring with a bezel in the form of clasped hands and a hoop of cable pattern, from Earnscleuch Water, Lauder, late 15th century

Accession Number

H.NJ 72

Other references

Original description

Fede-ring, silver, bezel in form of clasped hands, hoop of cable pattern, Earnscleuch Water, Lauder. Caption note, February 1993: Late 15th century.//T. Deniozou note, 2011-01-28, Information taken from Glenn, Virginia, Romanesque & Gothic: Decorative Metalwork and Ivory Carvings in the Museum of Scotland, NMSE Publishing, Edinburgh, 2003: [One of] B1, C42, 41-2 [Angels, Nobles and Unicorns reference] //The ring consists of a broad flat hoop vertically split to take the ‘fede’ or clasped hands device. The hoop is bordered with spirally beaded wire and has a roughly engraved inscription against diagonal hatching. Cuffs are indicated at the wrists by two vertical ridges and the fingers are crudely cast and chased. All parts of the ring have traces of former gilding. The interior is entirely plain.//For Fede rings, see also D9.//NOTES:1 The letter forms may be intended for ‘u n i e i c n’ and were probably used purely decoratively by an illiterate craftsman.//2 PSAS, vol LV, 1921, 14-20, part of a collection formed by Lady John Scott of Spottiswood, mostly of Berwickshire archaeology.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Grid reference

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Acquisition

Acquisition date

1920

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Lady John Scott Collection

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Vendor

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