The wide part of the shank of a finger ring that adjoins the bezel or central ornament. It was often decorated in the Renaissance period by a figure on each side, e.g. caryatids with their handssupporting the bezel.
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The wide part of the shank of a finger ring that adjoins the bezel or central ornament. It was often decorated in the Renaissance period by a figure on each side, e.g. caryatids with their handssupporting the bezel.
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From: An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry, autor: Harold Newman, publishers: Thames and Hudson
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