Rings for the finger : $b from the earliest known times to the present, with full descriptions of the origin, early making, materials, the archæology, history, for affection, for love, for engagement, for wedding, commemorative, mourning, etc.Kunz, George Frederick
History
Rings for the finger : $b from the earliest known times to the present, with full descriptions of the origin, early making, materials, the archæology, history, for affection, for love, for engagement, for wedding, commemorative, mourning, etc.
Kunz, George Frederick
Rings; Rings -- Folklore
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 Gloves Slit 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 Natural History, 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) Sanitatis of 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
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