What kind of ring?

[artyfacts]

Dug this from a very old site. Not sure if this was worn on a finger. It just fits my pinky. If you look closely you can see a seem that runs around the circumference on the outside edge, its hollow. It is very light, weight .024 OZ. All the other rings I have found were solid and had weight to them. Arty

 

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[TheDane]

Curtain ring, I think !

 

[Silver Searcher]

Could be the internal ring from a Dorset Button :P....

SS

 

[artyfacts]

SS could be. A paragraph from the history reads, "Acute distress and even
starvation came to the Dorset button makers; from the Shaftesbury district
alone 350 families were shipped to the colonies at Government expense". I wonder if any of these families picked up where they left off with the help of mechanized ring or loop makers. Arty

http://www.mandacrafts.co.uk/Dorset Button History.pdf

 

[Silver Searcher]

SS could be. A paragraph from the history reads, "Acute distress and even
starvation came to the Dorset button makers; from the Shaftesbury district
alone 350 families were shipped to the colonies at Government expense". I wonder if any of these families picked up where they left off with the help of mechanized ring or loop makers. Arty

http://www.mandacrafts.co.uk/Dorset Button History.pdf

I did a post a while back about the Bronze rings we find here, we come across them a lot. Some were proberbly used for a wide range of things, and some for the Dorset Buttons

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,272310.0.html

SS

 

[artyfacts]

SS, I did see your site when you posted the thread. Have you found any that had a seam and hollow?

 

[Silver Searcher]

SS, I did see your site when you posted the thread. Have you found any that had a seam and hollow?

Yes found some like that....I will try and get a picture this weekend

SS