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Gold Diamond Ring from 1388

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Gold Diamond Ring from 1388 Dec 9, 2022 8:17:29 GMT -5 rockjunquie, opalpyrexia, and 3 more like this

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Post by liveoak on Dec 9, 2022 8:17:29 GMT -5

I subscribe to a Metalsmith Newsletter by Hans Meevis, and found the latest edition interesting & thought I'd share it.

This Lady Brook Medieval Diamond Ring,was recently found in a farmers field in Britain by a metal detectorist.

It is surmised that this was the wedding ring of Joan Brook who married Thomas Brook.

They married in 1388, joining two wealthy families together and greatly expanding the Brook family wealth.
From the perfect condition it is still in, the Lady Joan probably lost it very soon after the wedding.

Engraving reads "I hold your faith, hold mine," in French.

Pretty amazing that there is a cut diamond in the ring- how did they cut it with what they had to work with back then ?

The gold forging looks quite nice.

Patty

"The Lyf so Short, the Craft so Long to Lerne"
- G. Chaucer

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