EUROPEAN MAN’S SIGNET RING, 8TH-11TH CENTURY, SIZE 9 1/4 DAUCTION Elongated raised oval bezel

Elongated raised oval bezel

impressed with three star bursts

During the Renaissance

with two   incised bands flanked by three rounded bands

EUROPEAN MAN’S SIGNET RING, 8TH-11TH CENTURY, SIZE 9 1/4 DAUCTION Elongated raised oval bezelPeriod of the universal Christian conversion and the early Crusades. Size 9 1 4 with narrow (1. 8mm) band flared shoulders. Lenticular bezel cut with a series of (worn) marks. Used to impress the signature of the owner in wax or clay. Language differences and illiteracy were barriers to trade. Signets allowed for universal verification of a signature facilitating trade at distance. Professionally refurbished with the 24karat gold surface restored.