EUROPEAN BETROTHAL RING 16TH-17TH CENTURY, SIZE 4 07/25/2023 1/7mm band flaring to the

1/7mm band flaring to the shoulders

4mm rounded face band flared to the shoulders

A circular bezel cut with a quatrefoil motif

The balance with matching texture from burial

As found condition with surface encrustation Ex: Harold Kelly

EUROPEAN BETROTHAL RING 16TH-17TH CENTURY, SIZE 4 07/25/2023 1/7mm band flaring to theDuring 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 4 with a 1. 9mm rounded face band and circular bezel flanked by an arrangement of 3 small bosses in foliage,