EUROPEAN BETROTHAL RING 15th-17th CENTURY, SIZE 8 1/2 03/18/2025 Raised oval shaped bezel of

Raised oval shaped bezel of high domed section

7mm band flaring slightly to the reeded shoulders which flank a small slightly open bezel which probably originally was filled with sealing wax

abstracted and not identified

1 1/3 turns

9mm width slightly rounded face band

EUROPEAN BETROTHAL RING 15th-17th CENTURY, SIZE 8 1/2 03/18/2025 Raised oval shaped bezel ofDuring 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 8 1 4 with oval bezel with stippled recessed surround, flanked by a foliate arrangement with raised