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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4318650, member: 2844&quot;]Sometimes a mystery isn&#039;t a mystery when you look at jewellery history.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Crown jewellery has been popular since the Byzantine period, often to signify a bond between people. Well-known examples are the crowned hearts, such as luckenbooths and Claddagh rings. In Bulgaria they continued to make crown rings ever since Byzantine times.</p><p>That a 19th century crown ring would bear resemblance to an existing crown isn&#039;t unusual, it is a crown the maker knew, probably from engravings.</p><p><br /></p><p>That one is earlier than yours. If you look at the back, you can see that it looks like other Georgian rings, almost flat. The back on yours is much more like modern rings. The only difference with a modern ring back is that the settings of the stones on yours are closed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t go down too many rabbit holes.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> I know it is tempting, the human mind has that very creative ability to see links where there aren&#039;t any.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I think it is more likely that your ring was a token of someone&#039;s love or affection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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