ILLUSTRATIONS
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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 of President 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; Roman Ring with Pointed Diamond; Silver Ring on Bone of Finger, from Saxon 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, by Coello 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 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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