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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 |
| 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 |
