The Medieval Period (1100AD - 1499AD)
Life In The Middle Ages
Bronze merchants ring
- Period:
- Medieval
- Description:
- This heavy spiral brass ring was worn on the thumb over a leather gauntlet. The design on the surface was pressed into soft wax to produce seals for documents.
- Materials/Media:
- metal, brass
- Source:
- Dumfries Museum & Camera Obscura
- Accession number:
- DUMFM:1974.89
- Digital Number:
- DMAC003n
- Creation Date:
- 1460
- Copyright:
- Dumfries & Galloway Council
