Remarkable Rings
Remarkable Rings (VOLUME of some amplitude might)
A VOLUME of some amplitude might be written on the very attractive subject of the present chapter, for there are very few families in the…
Remarkable Rings (Some remarkable rings)
of some remarkable rings in the Queen's and other collections. By the kindness of the editor of the Journal I am enabled to give an…
Remarkable Rings: Rienzi
In the Waterton Collection is a ring assumed on good grounds to have been that with which Cola di Rienzi, the famous tribune of Rome, was…
Remarkable Rings (Once mounted on a ring)
once, mounted on a ring, decorated the hand of the parricide Nero, who used it to sign his sanguinary mandates. Numbers of copies have been…
Remarkable Rings: Medici
Ring Device of Cosmo de' Medici.
Remarkable Rings: Heathfield
A gold signet-ring, curious and interesting in several respects, the property of Mr. James Neish, of the Laws, Dundee, was exhibited at a…
Remarkable Rings: Douglas
The supposition seems to be that the ring may have belonged to some person of the family of Douglas by whom St. Francis was held in special…
Remarkable Rings: Mary
It I have previously alluded to the signet-ring of Mary, Queen of Scots, in the British Museum. A few additional particulars of this…
Remarkable Rings: Luther
In the 'Revue Britannique' for January 1869, the discovery was announced of the two wedding-rings interchanged between Martin Luther and…
Remarkable Rings: Wheler
An account of the discovery of the ring appeared in the 'Guide to Stratford-on-Avon,' by Mr. Wheler, published in 1814, from which it…
Remarkable Rings: Doppelmayer
Doppelmayer, describing some of the wonderful objects which he produced, says, the work which most distinguished him was his Trinity rings…
Remarkable Rings: Precious
The Rev. C. W. King in his 'Precious Stones, Gems, and Precious Metals,' mentions 'an unparalleled specimen of Oriental caprice and…
Remarkable Rings: England
A signet-ring, believed to be the Council Seal of Queen Henrietta Maria, made by warrant, Sept. 6, 1626, is the property of Miss…
Remarkable Rings: Bedford
In 1765, a very beautiful and perfect gold ring was found by a workman among the ruins of the North Gate House, on Bedford Bridge, when…
Remarkable Rings: Maskelyne
Professor Maskelyne has an intaglio portrait of Sir Isaac Newton, set in a ring, which was presented to the late Dr. Maskelyne, Astronomer…