EUROPEAN BETROTHAL RING 16TH-17TH CENTURY, SIZE 4 11/11/2025 0mm band flared at the

0mm band flared at the shoulders

80 for a virtually identical example

These were also worn in the hair

The top with a zoomorphic figure

EUROPEAN BETROTHAL RING 16TH-17TH CENTURY, SIZE 4 11/11/2025 0mm band flared at 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,