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Beauty's Byzantine Keyring

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Byzantine Roman keyring. Ancient keyrings feature a key that would have originally functioned to open a lock - perhaps one on an ancient jewelry box.

The Latin inscription Poulchrīs translates to Beauty's Ring, interpreted as subtle praise to the owner.

Revival of a 4th-century original in the Met Museum's collection.

This item is created by lost wax casting a 3D-printed mold into a metal of your choice. Like all our designs, It's cast and finished in the United States.

Brass and silver: in stock. Ships in 1-3 business days.
Gold - cast to order - please allow 2-4 weeks for perfection.

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Roman Key Ring with Inscription

300 AD - 400 AD

Italy, Europe.

Byzantine

Surviving images of rings and their wearers offer a window into the personal values and beliefs of premodern peoples. Here, finger rings are paired with portraits in which rings play a prominent role in the imagery of personal identity. By considering who wore rings and why, we develop an appreciation of the meanings attached to these objects and the many contexts in which they appear from antiquity through the early modern period.

Image :Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Artifact

Artifacts ↑↓ Reimagined

Manifesting History

Our process starts with curating museum collections to find interesting pieces of jewelry and art to recreate.

Artists digitalize original pieces into exact 3d models.

One Ring at a Time

Our careful replicas are 3d printed into wax, then cast in precious metal, stamped and hand-finished all here in the USA.⁠

Brass and Silver pieces are stocked and ship in 1-3 days.

Gold jewelry is cast to order and ships in 3-4 weeks.

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Beauty's Byzantine Keyring