EUROPEAN BETROTHAL RING 9TH-12TH CENTURY, SIZE 9 1/2 09/17/2024 made with overlapping prong band

made with overlapping prong band allowing slight flexibility in size

Rounded band of uniform width below circular bezel incised with linear motif

would finish to about size 10 1/4

89”) oval bezel decorated in punch work including borders

EUROPEAN BETROTHAL RING 9TH-12TH CENTURY, SIZE 9 1/2 09/17/2024 made with overlapping prong bandDuring the Middle Ages, 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 bride's price or dowry. This example is size 9 1 2 with a rounded band, 2. 6mm at the bottom. The elongated diamond shaped bezel is flanked by pairs of