Bague

Gold and garnet ring, Merovingian period (6th century A.D.). The cruciform head, surrounded by a gold filigree, is formed by a cloisonné decoration of four rectangular garnets, each representing a branch of the cross. The garnets are native to India. The central gold cavity, which is now empty, contained an ornament, perhaps in mother-of-pearl. It was discovered in Saint-Dizier, in Haute-Marne, in the tomb of a richly adorned Franconian teenager.