Fede rings

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Number recorded on PAS database: 24

Fede (clasped hands) rings date back to the Roman period but the majority of examples recorded on the PAS database are 17th – 18th C. The name is derived from the Italian phrase ‘mani in fede’ (‘hands clasped in faith’). They typically have a pair of hands emerging from a cuff which may be ornate or plain. The enamel which might have been present originally is usually missing from examples recovered from the soil.

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List of all inscriptions (sorted alphabetically)

Inscription	Date	Makers' Mark	PAS ID	Found (County)
A frend at need dooth goold exced		DA	KENT-EC39E2	Kent
A frendes gift	17th-18th C	None	SWYOR-AEAB4E	North Yorkshire
A mor n n d e est	16th-17th C	None	SOM-2655A7	Somerset
Be trew in hart	16th-17th C	None	KENT-6D29C9	Berkshire
Be true in hart	17th-18th C	None	WILT-4C20D3	Wiltshire
Beware of the concision	17th-18th C	IV or IY	LVPL-ACFEEB	Cheshire
Content is a continuall treasure	17th-18th C	None	PAS-FB4D00	Worcestershire
Favour my affection	17th-18th C	None	LEIC-38B896	Warwickshire
Fere God ever	16th-17th C	None	GLO-B00497	Somerset
Forget me not	18th C	L or Q	ESS-6C969E	Essex
I present the absent	18th C	None	NMGW-94B7A7	Wiltshire
Let this present my good intent	16th-17th C	B	WILT-A75095	Wiltshire
Mi hart is yovrs	16th C	None	WMID-6961B9	Staffordshire
My hart you have	16th-17th C	None	DEV-B6D867	Somerset
No heart more true than myne	16th-17th C	IF	KENT-1D48B1	Greater London
No treasure to a true friend	17th-18th C	IV or IW	SUR-0AA74B	Surrey
Noe recompense but love	18th C	MB	SUSS-DB9583	Kent
The gift of a true frend	17th-18th C	None	SUR-07E1BE	Hampshire
Thinke of me	17th C	None	ESS-D942D7	Essex
To expresse my love	17th-18th C	None	GLO-A0BA09	Gloucestershire
Too bodies one hart	16th-17th C	None	GLO-717CE0	Gloucestershire
Twas mine now tis yours	17th-18th C	None	IOW-24A544	Isle of Wight
With hart and hand / I made this band	16th-17th C	None	GLO-864248	Somerset
Yovr hart I crave	17th-18th C	None	YORYM-05BC53	North Yorkshire