Armstrong — Catalogue of Silver and Ecclesiastical Antiquities. 303 



Greatest external diameter if of an inch. Fifteenth century ; weight 3 dwts. 

 16| grs. (Dawson Collection, 121.) 



38. Silver or white metal, which has been coated with a poor kind of 

 gilding ; the broad hoop is engraved with a sort of rope pattern ; the shoulders 

 are engraved with saltires and circles, and the ridged bezel with a kind of 

 leaf decoration. External diameter, including bezel, £ of an inch. This is 

 probably of German origin ; weight 7 dwts. 6 grs. 



39. Not identified (described as massive, gilt, ornamentation lozenge-shaped 

 spaces with central circle, and highly engraved). 



40. Silver; the back of the hoop is plain; the shoulders are ridged and 

 engraved with a chevron plait ornament ; the bezel is ridged and engraved 

 with a similar ornament. Fifteenth century. External diameter, including 

 bezel, \% of an inch ; weight 7 dwts. 18 grs. 



41. Silver, engraved hoop with a knob in the centre opposite the bezel ; 

 oval bezel engraved with concentric circles, and in the centre a saltire. An 

 oriental ring of mediaeval date. Greatest external diameter, including bezel, 

 ■§ of an inch ; weight 2 dwts. 10 grs. 



42. Silver, uncut signet, engraved hoop ornamented with five knobs, plain 

 oval bezel. An oriental ring of mediaeval date. Greatest external diameter, 

 including bezel, § of an inch; weight 6 dwts. 14 grs. (Dawson Collection, 114.) 



43. Silver ; wide hoop with two ridges, and between these incised lines in 

 pairs. Circular bezel with a simple interlacing ornament of a single band. 

 Diameter \± of an inch ; weight 3 dwts. 9 grs. 



44. Silver signet, ornamental ridged hoop, roughly circular bezel engraved 

 with a cipher within a beaded border. Greatest external diameter, including 

 bezel, | of an inch; weight 4 dwts. 15 grs. (Dawson Collection, 113.) 



45. Silver signet, octagonal bezel, engraved with a cipher within a beaded 

 border. Found near Castlestewart, County Tyrone. External diameter 1 inch ; 

 weight 6 dwts. 9J grs. (Dawson Collection, 131.) 



46. Silver signet, ornamental hoop, large oval bezel, engraved with the 

 letters US within a beaded border. External diameter, including bezel, 

 4^1 of an inch ; weight 7 dwts. 5i grs. 



47. White metal, engraved shoulders ; the circular bezel is engraved with 

 the letters AlHITOI. Byzantine. Greatest external diameter, including 

 bezel, |f of an inch ; weight 2 dwts. 24 grs. (Dawson Collection, 115.) 



48. Silver ; the bezel is broken and the setting missing ; the hoop, which 



is much worn, is inscribed on the outside + 3E(§© . 01E& The 



inscription is unreadable, but was probably of a religious character. Greatest 

 external diameter |§- of an inch ; weight 2 dwts. 14£ grs. (Dawson Collection, 

 118.) 



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