ILLUSTRATIONS
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| PAGE | |
| The Maharani of Sikkim | [Frontispiece] |
| Richly Enameled Rings in the Collection of Dr. Albert Figdor | [90] |
| Shakespeare’s Signet Ring; Lord Byron’s Ring | 152 |
| DOUBLETONES | |
| Evolution of the Ring | [2] |
| Serpent Ring; Greek and Roman Rings; Mycenæan Rings | [3] |
| Ancient Rings of American Indians | [20] |
| Navajo Silversmith at Work | [21] |
| Navajo Indian Girl Wearing Native Rings | [24] |
| Navajo Silver Rings | [25] |
| Navajo Silversmiths Working | [28] |
| Pueblo Indian Family, Showing Ring-wearing | [29] |
| Autograph Letter of Admiral Robert E. Peary | [30] |
| Roman Rings; Charioteer’s Ring | [32] |
| Isis and Serapis Ring; Decade Ring; Supposed Head of Plotina on Ring; Key Rings | [33] |
| Memorial Rings and Poison Ring | [44] |
| Cameo of Louis XII; Nelson Ring; Napoleon Elba Ring | [45] |
| Hands on Egyptian Mummy Case; Hands from Portrait; Hand Showing Hindu Jewels | [50] |
| Hands from Sepulchral Effigy; Illustrating Ring-wearing | [51] |
| Upper Part of Mummy Case of Artemidora, Showing Rings on Hand | [52] |
| Sketch by Sir Charles Hercules Read of Finger of Bronze Statue with Seal Ring | [53] |
| Portrait of a Lady by Anton Van Dyke | [60] |
| Portrait of Princess Hatzfeld by Antonio Pesaro | [61] |
| Anglo-Saxon Rings | [64] |
| Thumb Ring; Frankish and Lombardic Rings | [65] |
| The “Lorscher Ring”; Ring with Mouse; Venetian Ring; Jeweller’s Ring-rod | [72] |
| Spur Ring; Modern Egyptian Rings; Pipe-stopper Ring | [73] |
| Oriental Rings | [78] |
| Rich East Indian Ring; Rings Made by Siamese Priest | [79] |
| Indian Toe Rings | [80] |
| Portrait of Rich Cinghalese Merchant with Many Rings | [81] |
| Ring of President Franklin Pierce; Old Rings Combined as Pendant | [84] |
| Rings in Drake Collection | [85] |
| Rings from Collection of W. Gedney Beatty, Esq. | [92] |
| Types of Watch Rings | [93] |
| Portrait of a Man, Fifteenth Century, by Antonio del Pollaiolo, Showing Pointed Diamond in Ring | [98] |
| Portrait of a Venetian Senator with Thumb Ring | [99] |
| Portrait of a Man by Lucas Cranach | [118] |
| Portrait of Katharina Aeder, by Hans Bock the Elder | [119] |
| Portrait of Cardinal of Brandenburg, by the “Master of the Death of Mary” | [124] |
| Portrait of a Mother and Her Daughter, by Bartholomew Bruyn | [125] |
| Ancient Roman Seal Rings; Key Ring | [132] |
| Roman Rings of Bronze and of Bone; Roman Gold Ring with Settings; Gold Ring from Wiston, Sussex; Roman Silver Ring | [133] |
| Bronze Signet Rings; Ivory Signet Ring | [136] |
| Gold Signet, Sixteenth Century; Massive Gold Signet, English, Fifteenth Century | [137] |
| Man’s Portrait, by Conrad Faber; Portrait of Benedikt von Hertenstein, by Hans Holbein | [148] |
| Man and Woman at Casement. Florentine, Fifteenth Century | [149] |
| Rings From Collection of Imperial Kunstgewerbe Museum, Vienna | [156] |
| Signet Ring of Charles I | [157] |
| Ring with Portrait, Given to Lafayette by Washington; Impression ofPresident Wilson’s Signet Ring; Seal of Right Reverend David H.Greer, Bishop of New York | [160] |
| Portrait of a Lady, Cologne School, 1526, Wearing Pointed Diamond | [168] |
| Man’s Portrait, by Hans Funk, 1523, with Seal Ring | [169] |
| “Campaign Medals” of Henri II and of John Casimir, Count Palatine, with Pointed Diamonds | [170] |
| Portrait of Diane de Poitiers | [171] |
| Portrait of Henry VIII, by Hans Holbein | [182] |
| Portrait of Jane Seymour, by Holbein | [183] |
| Portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots, French School | [184] |
| Portrait of Queen Elizabeth, by Lucas de Heere | [185] |
| Gold Ring, Cameo Portrait of Queen Elizabeth; Venetian Ring with Pearls; Multiple Silver Rings | [186] |
| Puzzle Rings | [187] |
| Portrait of a Lady, by Pantoja de la Cruz | [194] |
| Portrait of Empress Mary, Daughter of Charles V, by Juan Pantoja de la Cruz | [195] |
| Inlaid Antique Ring; Locket Ring; Antique Syrian Ring; RomanRing with Pointed Diamond; Silver Ring on Bone of Finger, fromSaxon Sepulchre | [196] |
| Syrian Wedding Rings of Agate and Chalcedony | [197] |
| Betrothal of the Virgin, by Juan Rodriguez Juarez (Xuarez) | [202] |
| Hands from the Preceding Picture | [203] |
| Jewish Betrothal Rings, Musèe de Cluny | [212] |
| Jewish Rings from British Museum | [213] |
| Portrait of Anne of Cleves, by Hans Holbein, Showing Thumb Ring | [216] |
| Portrait of Judith, by Lucas Cranach, Rings Worn Under Gloves | [217] |
| Ring with Diamond for Writing on Glass; Gallo-Roman Wedding Ring;Signet and Wedding Ring of Mary, Queen of Scots | [218] |
| Betrothal Rings; Gimmal Wedding Ring | [219] |
| Gimmal Ring; Betrothal Ring; Puzzle Ring | [220] |
| Wedding Rings with Posies | [221] |
| Portrait of Clara Eugenia, Daughter of Philip II of Spain, by Gonzales | [222] |
| Portrait of Catarina Michela, Another of Philip’s Daughters, byCoello Sanchez | [223] |
| Engagement and Wedding Rings | [230] |
| Wedding Rings | [231] |
| Marriage Medals by Oscar Roty | [232] |
| Puzzle Ring; Gold Betrothal Ring; Ornamental Love Ring | [233] |
| Portrait of Young Woman, Dutch School | [240] |
| Portrait of a Man, by the “Master of the Death of Mary” | [241] |
| Rings, Italian, French, Tyrolese, in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts | [246] |
| Jacques Guay, Gem Engraver of Louis XV, at Work in the Louvre | [247] |
| Ring of Pius II, Æneas Sylvius | [262] |
| The “Fisherman’s Ring”; Hand of Cranach’s “Judith,” with GlovesSlit for Rings | [263] |
| Portrait of Clement IX, by Carlo Maratta | [268] |
| Portrait of Julius II, by Rafael | [269] |
| Christian Ring of Glass; Venetian Relic Ring; Poison Ring; Ring of Bishop Ahlstan | [270] |
| Memorial Rings | [271] |
| Bishops’ Rings; Papal Ring; Rosary Rings | [272] |
| Bishops’ Rings | [273] |
| Abbess Praying, French School | [280] |
| Lady’s Portrait, by Coninxbo | [281] |
| Rings with Greek Mottoes; Ring of Bronze Gilt | [300] |
| Oriental Rings | [301] |
| The “Hermit Stone,” from Lapidario of Alfonso X | [304] |
| The “Offspring Stone,” from Lapidario of Alfonso X | [305] |
| Chinese Jeweller’s Shop in San Francisco; Modern Chinese Rings | [320] |
| Specimens of Curious Ring Collection in American Museum of NaturalHistory, New York; Rings from Philippine Islands | [321] |
| Zodiacal Rings | [328] |
| Magic Rings | [329] |
| Masonic Rings | [332] |
| Rings of Orders and Societies | [333] |
| Edward the Confessor’s Ring; Healing Ring | [342] |
| Curious Woodcuts Regarding Rings, from the Ortus (Hortus) Sanitatisof Johannis de Cuba | [343] |
| Astrolabe Ring; Watch-Ring by Kossek in Prague | [352] |
| Eighteenth Century Watch Ring; Modern Watch Ring | [353] |
| Production of Rings with Precious Stones by Means of Machinery | [356] |
| Successive Stages in the Formation of a Machine-made Ring | [357] |
| The “Allen Ring Gauge” for Measuring Rings | [358] |
| “Ring, Finger and Millimeter Locking Gauge”; “Display Rings” | [359] |
RINGS