EUROPEAN BETROTHAL RING, 16TH-17TH CENTURY SIZE 6 02/11/2025 Wearable size 8

Wearable size 8

The signet served as a man’s seal as binding as a signature

A quality ring for an upper class owner

(worn from use and burial) representing the Star of Bethlehem which at this time was depicted as a diamond shape based on the earlier star of Mars

EUROPEAN BETROTHAL RING, 16TH-17TH CENTURY SIZE 6 02/11/2025 Wearable size 8During 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 6 with a raised stepped square bezel flanked by clusters of triple nubs of 3 small bosses on each side. Fine