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This gold finger ring was found in the ruins of a cottage at Broughty Ferry in Dundee. It dates from the mid 15th century.

The iconographic ring has a centrally-ridged bezel engraved with the Madonna and Child and an ecclesiastic. The figures are reserved in metal against a black enamel background and the band is ornamented with enamelled stripes.

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• Online ID: 000-100-002-583-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.NJ 54
• Date: Mid 15th century
  
• Material: Gold
  Ring, finger
  
• Dimensions: 24 mm H x 22 mm W x 11 mm depth
  
• What: Ring, finger
  
• Subject: Jewellery : finger rings (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: Virgin and Child
  
• Where: Scotland, Roxburghshire, Melrose
  
• Event:
• Description: Gold finger ring with the signet part divided into hexagonal panels, with a figure of the Virgin and Child in one and an ecclesiastic in the other, from Melrose, mid 15th century
  
• References:
  • Caldwell, D. H. (ed). Angels, Nobles and Unicorns: Art and Patronage in Medieval Scotland. Edinburgh: NMS, 1982 
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