Silver, 8.26 grams, 27.56 mm. (int.dia. 21.62 mm, UK size Y, US 12, Europe 28.02) 13th-15th century AD. A solid cast silver finger ring with a thick plain band, surmounted by a design featuring a heart with piercings in the upper chambers from which emerge two tendrils looped around two more piercings terminating in foliate designs. The design is a recognised type of medieval 'love ring'. Reference: Oman C. British Rings 800-1914, London, 1974 pl.55(G). Very fine condition. Provenance: found Devon, accompanied by reports in Treasure Hunting Magazine, April 2000 and correspondence from British Museum dated 1995.