EUROPEAN CHILD’S RING, 15TH-17TH CENTURY AD

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Late Gothic to Renaissance. Gilt bronze, size sub 1 for an infant to toddler. Circular bezel with quatrefoil motif, probably a reference to the cross and saltire (cross of St. Andrew) and a baptismal or Christening ring. See Ancient Rings , Pollio, p.30. During the period, rings for children were a luxury suggesting that the owner was of the noble class.
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