EUROPEAN BETROTHAL RING 16TH-17TH CENTURY, SIZE 4 11/11/2025 These rings were often not

These rings were often not worn in life but purchased for burial in a time when the mortality rate for children was very high

0mm band flared at the shoulders

8mm flaring to the shoulders

The top with a zoomorphic figure

8mm flaring to the grooved shoulders which rise to a garish rectangular section pyramid form which was fashionable in the 14th century only

EUROPEAN BETROTHAL RING 16TH-17TH CENTURY, SIZE 4 11/11/2025 These rings were often notDuring 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,