It opened on November 14, 2019 State Museum of Prehistory in Halle (Saale) a remarkable one special with the title: "Rings of Power".
In this exhibition, selected rings from earlier eras (finger rings, arm rings, neck rings and other jewelery rings) as well as other objects that fit the context of the exhibition are presented in their primary function and meaning as well as in their historical and thematic context.
A few weeks earlier, we too received an official invitation to the opening of the exhibition. The reason for this was our close cooperation with the Förderverein der Landesmuseum Halle as the operator of the museum shop, in order to be able to offer faithful replicas of the so-called "Ring von Paußnitz" in parallel to the new exhibition "Rings of Power" in the museum shop on site in Halle as well as in the State Museum online shop market. The "Magic Ring of Paussnitz” is the focus of the new special exhibition as an important find from the Saxony-Anhalt region. and our jewelry factory was finally able to win the public tender for the production of the replicas of this extraordinary ring.
We were only too happy to accept the invitation to this opening evening. So we got the wonderful opportunity to finally get to know some of the employees of the State Museum for Prehistory in Halle who were involved in the preparatory work for the new ring replicas.
To our great surprise, one of the curators of the new special exhibition “Rings of Power”, Ms. Susanne Kimmig-Völkner MA, joined our advance visit to the manager and the employees of the museum shop in Halle
Our astonishment was even greater, however, when Ms. Kimmig-Völkner spontaneously offered us an exclusive tour of the exhibition, which had just been completed, despite the fact that the official opening of the exhibition was only a few hours away.
Such an opportunity usually only arises extremely rarely, which is why we accepted the spontaneous invitation from Ms. Kimmig-Völkner and our central contact person at the museum, Ms. Stefanie Nagel with enthusiasm. We received a lot of exciting and highly interesting information about the exhibition concept and the objects on display first-hand and from the most competent source imaginable. Once again, many thanks to the two ladies for this unforgettable experience!
The exhibition opening event that followed in the evening was chaired by the State Archaeologist of the State of Saxony-Anhalt and Director of the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments and Archeology (State Museum of Prehistory), Mr Prof. Dr. Harold Meller introduced with a greeting. Afterwards, however, the Minister for Culture of the State of Saxony-Anhalt, Mr Rainer Robra not take to wish the new exhibition every success. In addition to all the curators, some representatives of the state government were also present, as well as Mr. Rohrer-Ertl, to whom we owe the decoding of the inscription of the "Magic Ring of Paussnitz".
The presentation of the "Magic Ring of Paußnitz", whose true-to-original replicas we make in six different ring sizes in 925/- silver for the museum shop and which is the central exhibit of the "Rings of Power", is staged in a really spectacular way: above the stele-like showcase with Floating above the original ring is a three-dimensional, giant enlargement of the ring and its magical inscription:
As the most spectacular object - in addition to the so-called "Bronze Hand von Preles" and a seven-kilo torque (neck ring) called "Silberring von Trichtingen" - the original "Ring von Paussnitz" was presented in the center of the exhibition architecture in a specially created showcase and was soon surrounded by the numerous visitors at the opening of the exhibition:
Our replicas of the “Magic Ring of Paußnitz” are also presented in the very best light in the museum shop of the State Museum in Halle – parallel to the special exhibition and then permanently. From now on, our replicas of the ring will be presented in the center of the other jewelry offers in the museum shop and offered to the museum visitors for sale:
We wish the entire team of the State Museum of Prehistory in Halle, whose commitment and passion can be seen in every detail of this spectacular special exhibition, a lot of success and at least as spectacular visitor numbers.
And we wish that our replicas of the "Magic Ring of Paußnitz" in the museum shop of the Landesmuseum Halle will be a great bestseller. The fact that just one day after the opening of the exhibition and still on the return journey from Halle we received a first repeat order is certainly a good omen... 😉
By the way: The “Magic Ring of Paussnitz” is available here!