GREAT PLAGUE OF LONDON RING, 17th CENTURY, SIZE 6 1/2 05/16/2023 pagan beliefs persisted and sorcerers

pagan beliefs persisted and sorcerers practiced clandestinely

Narrowband flared at the shoulders

Raised domed oval bezel

Oval bezel engraved with a cross with the beam ends “crutched” in the manner of the Jerusalem cross popularized during the crusades

8th-11th centuries

GREAT PLAGUE OF LONDON RING, 17th CENTURY, SIZE 6 1/2 05/16/2023 pagan beliefs persisted and sorcerers17th century, English. Revolutionary in its construction with the 3. 3mm band of rolled brass bronze, with a pattern imparted by the roller. The bronze flower bud top was cast separately and the two joined by brazing. Thus, the ring was sized when made, a huge jump in industrialization at the time! The process of rolling, including a sheet for armor, was in place in the 15th century. Crisp detail, lightly textured from burial and professionally