EUROPEAN BETROTHAL RING 9TH-12TH CENTURY, SIZE 10 10/18/2022 Good quality and exceptional preservation

Good quality and exceptional preservation

Broad rounded face band 4

This one is simply rounded at the top with a dot in a circle motif

probably decorated originally

Gilt bronze size 7 with 3

EUROPEAN BETROTHAL RING 9TH-12TH CENTURY, SIZE 10 10/18/2022 Good quality and exceptional preservationDuring 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 10 with a diamond shaped bezel, flanked by hearts. It has been professionally refurbished with the silver