Rings for the finger

by George Frederick Kunz

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Silver ring, broken at the back. Bezel bears letter “T” crowned. Fifteenth Century

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Ivory signet ring, with impression. On the carved bezel, the Crucifixion, between the Virgin and St. John; legend: “In hoc signo vinces,” motto of the Emperor Constantine

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Bronze signet. The octagonal bezel is engraved with a greyhound’s head, and a rather obscure inscription. Ring and impression of signet. Fifteenth Century

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