Odd Finger Ring ID Sought - Marked 1870?

[teddy]

This little size 6 1/2 bent finger ring has me stumped. I don't believe I've ever seen anything like it before.

Questions:

1. is it anything special?

2. how can I make in round again without breaking it?

Extra note: It looks bronze but many items from this site turn out to be silver. The silver turns a copper or bronze color.

thanks
teddy

 

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[jrwill56]

Re: Odd Finger Ring ID Sought

This little size 6 1/2 bent finger ring has me stumped. I don't believe I've ever seen anything like it before. It came from a site where finds run mostly 100 to 200 years old. Most being in the early 1800's.

Questions:

1. is it anything special?

2. how can I make in round again without breaking it?

Extra note: It looks bronze but many items from this site turn out to be silver. The silver turns a copper or bronze color.
thanks

Slide it over a tappered punch and tap with a plastic or rubber hammer.Nice find

 

[teddy]

Re: Odd Finger Ring ID Sought

Thanks.

I was concerned about bending it back and causing a crack in the metal. Someone told me these have to be heated cherry red before bending. I was hoping I didn't need to do that.

I will get a steel jewelry ring mandrel and rawhide hammer. I get so many rings that are bent I think it would be a good investment.

teddy

 

[DCMatt]

Re: Odd Finger Ring ID Sought

Signet ring of some sort? I turned your second pic upside down and the shape is like the old "shield" interstate signs:

It seems crudely made, but do some more cleaning on it and images may be revealed inside the shield. Possibly initials on sides.

DCMatt

 

[teddy]

Re: Odd Finger Ring ID Sought

Signet ring of some sort? I turned your second pic upside down and the shape is like the old "shield" interstate signs:

It seems crudely made, but do some more cleaning on it and images may be revealed inside the shield. Possibly initials on sides.

DCMatt

Thanks. Good point.

The more I look at it the more I see 1870. At first I didn't even see that.

 

[CRUSADER]

Crown over 1870 within shield. Brass most likely.

 

[teddy]

Crown over 1870 within shield. Brass most likely.

Yes, I believe I see that. Any idea on why it was made? Maybe just a novelty thing?

 

[CRUSADER]

Crown over 1870 within shield. Brass most likely.

Yes, I believe I see that. Any idea on why it was made? Maybe just a novelty thing?

No not really, I think the date is plausible, probably has some significance in terms of a well know event Might have once been gold gilt, it was just a poor (ish) man's ring. My best guess, might lead others to a more precise ID.

 

[teddy]

Crown over 1870 within shield. Brass most likely.

Yes, I believe I see that. Any idea on why it was made? Maybe just a novelty thing?

No not really, I think the date is plausible, probably has some significance in terms of a well know event Might have once been gold gilt, it was just a poor (ish) man's ring. My best guess, might lead others to a more precise ID.

Thanks again.

I found this info online:

What happened in 1870 ?

January 1870

Sunday 02:

Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge begins.

Thursday 06:

The inauguration of the Musikverein (Vienna).

Saturday 15:

A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the United States Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).

Wednesday 26:

American Civil War: Virginia rejoins the Union.

Thursday 27:

The first college sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, is formed at DePauw University.

» January 1870


February 1870

Wednesday 02:

It is revealed that the famed Cardiff Giant was just carved gypsum and not the petrified remains of a human.

Thursday 03:

The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed.

Saturday 12:

Women gain the right to vote in Utah Territory.

Wednesday 23:

Military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.

Friday 25:

Hiram Rhoades Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in the U.S. Congress.

» February 1870


March 1870

Wednesday 30:

Texas is readmitted to the Union following Reconstruction.

» March 1870


May 1870

Thursday 12:

The Manitoba Act was given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.

Saturday 14:

The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.

» May 1870


June 1870

Sunday 19:

After all of the Southern States are formally readmitted to the United States of America, the Confederate States of America (a/k/a the CSA) ceases to exist.

» June 1870


July 1870

Friday 01:

The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.

Friday 15:

Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the North-West Territories are established from these vast territories.

Tuesday 19:

Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.

» July 1870


August 1870

Tuesday 02:

Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London.

» August 1870


September 1870

Friday 02:

Prussian forces take French Emperor Napoleon III and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.

Sunday 04:

Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.

Tuesday 06:

Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming, votes in the morning, becoming the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.

Friday 09:

Redmond, Washington, founded

Tuesday 20:

Bersaglieri corps enters Rome through Porta Pia and completes the unification of Italy

» September 1870


October 1870

Friday 07:

Leon Gambetta flees Paris in balloon.

Thursday 27:

Marshal François Achille Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers in one of the biggest French defeats of the Franco-Prussian War.

» October 1870


November 1870

Tuesday 01:

In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.

» November 1870


December 1870

Monday 12:

Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the first black U.S. congressman

 

[CRUSADER]

Crown over 1870 within shield. Brass most likely.

Yes, I believe I see that. Any idea on why it was made? Maybe just a novelty thing?

No not really, I think the date is plausible, probably has some significance in terms of a well know event Might have once been gold gilt, it was just a poor (ish) man's ring. My best guess, might lead others to a more precise ID.

Thanks again.

I found this info online:

What happened in 1870 ?

January 1870

Sunday 02:

Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge begins.

Thursday 06:

The inauguration of the Musikverein (Vienna).

Saturday 15:

A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the United States Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).

Wednesday 26:

American Civil War: Virginia rejoins the Union.

Thursday 27:

The first college sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, is formed at DePauw University.

» January 1870


February 1870

Wednesday 02:

It is revealed that the famed Cardiff Giant was just carved gypsum and not the petrified remains of a human.

Thursday 03:

The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed.

Saturday 12:

Women gain the right to vote in Utah Territory.

Wednesday 23:

Military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.

Friday 25:

Hiram Rhoades Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in the U.S. Congress.

» February 1870


March 1870

Wednesday 30:

Texas is readmitted to the Union following Reconstruction.

» March 1870


May 1870

Thursday 12:

The Manitoba Act was given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.

Saturday 14:

The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.

» May 1870


June 1870

Sunday 19:

After all of the Southern States are formally readmitted to the United States of America, the Confederate States of America (a/k/a the CSA) ceases to exist.

» June 1870


July 1870

Friday 01:

The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.

Friday 15:

Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the North-West Territories are established from these vast territories.

Tuesday 19:

Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.

» July 1870


August 1870

Tuesday 02:

Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London.

» August 1870


September 1870

Friday 02:

Prussian forces take French Emperor Napoleon III and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.

Sunday 04:

Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.

Tuesday 06:

Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming, votes in the morning, becoming the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.

Friday 09:

Redmond, Washington, founded

Tuesday 20:

Bersaglieri corps enters Rome through Porta Pia and completes the unification of Italy

» September 1870


October 1870

Friday 07:

Leon Gambetta flees Paris in balloon.

Thursday 27:

Marshal François Achille Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers in one of the biggest French defeats of the Franco-Prussian War.

» October 1870


November 1870

Tuesday 01:

In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.

» November 1870


December 1870

Monday 12:

Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the first black U.S. congressman

good idea, can't see anything that really jumps out. The crown is Sudo-British (European), but only an attempt to look regal & not a official military (for example) piece of work. So it was made in the style of ? to celebrate the year (or simply a Birth date or some other reason I can't think of).

Good luck & I hope someone else chimes in, its more interesting than your average ring

 

[teddy]

Thanks CRUSADER. You've been a big help.
teddy