A collection of medieval rings

[peacechick]

I came across this page while looking up medieval gemstones, and it's fascinating to look at these ancient rings:
http://www.medieval-rings.com/rings/all-period

They're mostly gold bands, but there are some really interesting gemstone ones such as these:

Amphora garnet ring from Hellenistic Greece (100 B.C.)


Emerald Cluster ring from baroque Italy (17th century)


Renaissance Diamond Ring (1600s-- good to know we loved our diamonds back then too!)


Iranian Seljuq Empire Sapphire Ring (13th Century)

 

[VRBeauty]

I love the medieval and ancient sections of European museums - especially their jewelry collections! Hmm... I’ll have to check out the internet possibilities!