Tudor gold posy and fede ring ‘BERE FAITHE TO THE FAITHFUL’

A Tudor gold posy ring engraved to the outside ‘BERE FAITHE TO THE FAITHFUL’, the interior with an engraved Fede.

English, 16th century.

Ring size P UK / 7.5 US.

Weighs 3.8grams.

Fede ring takes its name from the Italian word for faith or trust with the two clasped hands symbolizing an attachment that usually led to marriage. The motif of the two clasped hands within the band was already in use in ancient Rome. It was a symbol of pledging of vows, which derives from the Roman 'dextarum iunctio' (right hand joined).