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Signet ring

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The Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom

Signet ring, gold, set with a sard intaglio. The oval bezel set with a sard intaglio of a man's head in profile, and is a medieval copy of a classical original. Inscribed in lombardic lettering around the edge of the bezel * IOHANNES: EST: NOMEN: EIVS (John is his name)

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  • Title: Signet ring
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 1275/1300
  • Location: England
  • Physical Dimensions: Height: 2.4 cm, Width: 2.3 cm, Depth: 1.9 cm
  • Provenance: Given by Dame Joan Evans
  • Medium: Gold, engraved; sard, carved
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