Medieval Wire Ring

 Here is a ring I taught in class this weekend at the Midrealm's first Fire Arts Symposium  {Barony of the Flame} [Vine Grove, KY].
It is based on a ring in the Antiquities collection of

see link below.

http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/429904

 http://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/317317

Anglo-Saxon

 Date from: Circa AD 550
Date to: Circa AD 800

 

What I find most interesting about the original find is that it is in square wire. I used cheep round German Silver plated copper wire for this one.

Here is a simpler, similar one that appears to be in round wire
http://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/43974

http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/73303