EUROPEAN BETROTHAL RING, 16TH-17TH CENTURY, SIZE 10 ring Size 3 ½ with 4

Size 3 ½ with 4

The bezel made to be personalized with a monogram but remains vacant

worn/obscured

and dramatically flaring forged seam conical socket pierced with a hole for a securing pin

EUROPEAN BETROTHAL RING, 16TH-17TH CENTURY, SIZE 10 ring Size 3 ½ with 4During 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 10 with an oval bezel with a beaded surround, flanked by an arrangement of 3 small bosses in foliage, on