EUROPEAN BETROTHAL RING, 16TH-17TH CENTURY, SIZE 9 05/23/2023 Surface textured overall from burial

Surface textured overall from burial

lacking the central cross motif

probably celestial references

precisely shaped

size 8 1/2 with 2

EUROPEAN BETROTHAL RING, 16TH-17TH CENTURY, SIZE 9 05/23/2023 Surface textured overall from burialDuring the Renaissance, the act of committing to marriage took place as a formal ceremony with vows, considered sacred and unbreakable, exchanged. A ring was given by the man to the woman to bind the pledge and worn until the marriage. That practice is believed to derive from the custom of providing a brides price or dowry. This example is size 9 with an oval bezel with a beaded surround, flanked by an arrangement of 3 small bosses in foliage, on each