Ring

The ring, in the dialect from Podhale called: piestrzónek, piestrzonek, has a diameter of 2 cm and is made of nickel silver sheet. The ellipsoid-shaped shield contains the letter J engraved in the centre. The ring is connected with the shield via two hearts decorated with a knurled ornament, and below there are symmetrical cuts – two parallel lines and two intersecting ones. Possession of jewellery, especially if it was jewellery of this type, was the most popular decoration in the Podhale region, and its quantity indicated the owner’s wealth. The ring was purchased in 1913 in the village Niedźwiedz by an itinerant trader August Zając from Czarny Dunajec, who sold it to Bronisława Giżycka, and then the Tatra Museum bought it from her for its collections.

ID no.: E/1351/MT

Time and place of creation: before 1913, Podhale

Museum: The Dr. Tytus Chałubiński Tatra Museum in Zakopane

https://muzea.malopolska.pl/en/objects-list/1791

Digitalisation: RDW MIC, Virtual Małopolska project