British fine jewellery artist Andrew Geoghegan circles back to silver after more than 20 years with Wunden, a personalised signet ring inspired by Anglo-Saxon gold.
Serendipitous discoveries sometimes become a source of inspiration for jewellery artists. British jeweller Andrew Geoghegan recently found inspiration in a real Anglo-Saxon gold artefact discovered during a metal-detecting trip with his son, Arthur, which led to the creation of Wunden, a personalised silver signet ring.
The idea to build a collection was born after Geoghegan and Arthur uncovered a piece of Anglo-Saxon gold in a Lincolnshire field in February 2025. The find, made up of twisted fine wire and granulation, prompted Geoghegan to delve deeper into studying the Anglo-Saxon craft, symbolism, manuscripts, and metalwork.
The name Wunden comes from Old English, meaning twisted or interwoven. It refers both to the ring’s sculptural, twisted shank and to the ancient metalwork that inspired it.
“I have worked with precious metal for most of my career, but holding something made more than a thousand years ago changed how I saw it,” says Andrew Geoghegan. “Wunden is not a reproduction of Anglo-Saxon jewellery. It is my response to that encounter. It takes the feeling of twisted ancient gold and turns it into a modern signet ring that can carry someone’s own story.”
Wunden is the second piece in Geoghegan’s Treowth collection and marks a new direction for the designer. Renowned for his fine jewellery and engagement rings, Geoghegan circled back to silver after more than 20 years to design a unisex signet ring.
The ring is available in two proportions. Wunden I is lighter and quieter on the hand, while Wunden II is deeper, broader and more substantial. Both are made to order in silver, then hand-finished, hand-engraved and rhodium plated.
The made-to-order Wunden ring is priced from £989, with a typical lead time of 4 to 6 weeks. Personalisation, however, is central to the design. Customers can choose from a series of hand-engraved runes, each carrying a different meaning, including Legacy, Courage, Journey, Endurance, Protection and Joy. Bespoke symbols, initials, dates and custom engraving can also be commissioned.
A hidden gemstone can also be set beneath the signet face, visible only to the wearer or to those they choose to show. Stone options include diamond, sapphire, ruby, tsavorite, pink sapphire and other coloured stones on request.