EUROPEAN BETROTHAL RING 16TH-17TH CENTURY, SIZE 7 ¾ 2/21/2023 perhaps with spiritual significance

perhaps with spiritual significance

6mm thick rounded face band supporting the large lenticular bezel pierced with eight circular holes

size 10 ¾ with 4

Copper rich bronze

EUROPEAN BETROTHAL RING 16TH-17TH CENTURY, SIZE 7 ¾ 2/21/2023 perhaps with spiritual significanceDuring 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 7 3 4 with an oval bezel with a beaded surround, flanked by an arrangement of 3 small bosses in foliage, on